PUBLISHED by BBC Worldwide, Space: Our Final Frontier by John Gribbin, takes the reader on a journey through deep space, to explore the origins and developments of our Universe, and those beyond.
The book provides a compelling insight into the way that astronomers work, explaining how they make their discoveries and reporting on the space stories that capture the news headlines.
Incredibly, astronomers are now able to explore beyond the planets in our own Solar System, using evidence from light, radio waves, X-rays and other information gathered by telescopes on the surface of the earth, and by satellites in orbit around our planet. Not only can astronomers now work out the life cycle of stars, but they are also able to decipher the evolution of galaxies, the location of other solar systems and the fate of the Universe itself.
From the early breakthroughs that measured the distances to the nearest stars, to the latest discovery that the Universe is expanding at an ever faster rate, John Gribbin puts deep space into perspective with the aid of specially commissioned illustrations and stunning photographs from the latest generation of astronomical telescopes. (BBC Books £19.99).
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