An up-to-the-minute examination of our home galaxy, the Milky Way, and the billions of other galaxies that populate the universe.
Summary adapted from p. [4] of cover.
This book discusses the circumstances that mark the beginning and end of the lives of stars and describes stars that are red giants, supernovas, neutron stars, and white dwarfs.
An up-to-the-minute examination of the development of our planetary system from the birth of the Sun to the building of the planets to speculation about the end of the process when the Sun dies out.