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This book describes solar sails, how they work and what they will be used for in the exploration of space in an easily readable ...

Solar-type activity over the whole range of the electromagnetic spectrum is a phenomenon inherent in the majority of low- ...

This book assumes only a basic knowledge of physics but looks in detail at many topics, including energy levels in atoms, ...

Part one of this detailed book provides a comprehensive review of star clusters – including open, globular, extragalactic, ...

Starbursts are important features of early galaxy evolution. Many of the distant, high-redshift galaxies we are able to detect ...

Supernovae mark the deaths of massive stars or of white dwarfs in binary systems. Even when they occur in galaxies millions ...

Published under the auspices of the Royal Astronomical Society, this volume contains a set of extensive school tested lectures, ...

This volume consists of papers developed from a joint ACE/ISSI symposium on the "Composition of Matter" honoring the occasion ...

This book is devoted to the selected lectures presented in the 6th NATO-ASI series entitled "The Electromagnetic Spectrum ...

This book presents the evolution of the heliosphere through an entire solar activity cycle. The last solar cycle (cycle 23) ...

Describing interstellar matter in our galaxy in all of its various forms, this book also considers the physical and chemical ...

Strasbourg Astronomical Observatory is quite an interesting place for historians: several changes of nationality between ...

Barrie Jones addresses the question "are we alone?", which is one of the most frequently asked questions by scientists ...

This book describes the state-of-the art instruments for measuring the solar irradiance from soft x-ray to the near infrared ...

In the last 45 years, X-ray astronomy has become an integral part of modern astrophysics and cosmology. There is a wide range ...

This set of lectures collects surveys of open problems in celestial dynamics and dynamical astronomy applied to solar, extra-solar ...

Professor Kopal, who devoted 60 years of his scientific life to the exploration of close binary systems, initiated a breakthrough ...

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