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How to die in space : a journey through dangerous astrophysical phenomena / Paul M. Sutter, PhD.

Sutter, Paul M., 1982- (author.).

Summary:

"So you've fallen in love with space and now you want to see it for yourself, right? You want to witness the birth of a star, or visit the black hole at the center of our galaxy? You want to know if there are aliens out there, or how to travel though a wormhole? You want the wonders of the universe revealed before your very eyes? Well stop, because all that will probably kill you. From mundane comets in our solar backyard to exotic remnants of the Big Bang, from dying stars to young galaxies, the universe may be beautiful, but it's treacherous. Using metaphors and easy-to-understand language, How to Die in Space breathes fresh life into astrophysics, unveiling how particles and forces and fields interplay to create the drama in the heavens above us."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781643134383
ISBN: 1643134388
Physical Description: xii, 353 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition.
Publisher: New York : Pegasus Books, 2020.
Copyright: ©2020.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The vacuum -- Asteroids and comets -- Solar flares and coronal mass ejections -- Cosmic rays -- Stellar nurseries -- Stellar-mass black holes -- Planetary nebulae -- White dwarves and novae -- Supernovae -- Neutron stars and magnetars --Supermassive black holes -- Quasars and blazars -- Cosmic strings and miscellaneous spacetime defects -- Dark matter -- Hostile aliens -- Wormholes -- A final warning.