Guide to the Universe: Stars and Galaxies (Greenwood Guides to the Universe)

This up-to-date volume offers student researchers an unexcelled primer on current scientific knowledge about stars.This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series provides the most up-to-date understanding available of the current knowledge about stars. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Stars is an excellent first step for young people researching the exciting scientific discoveries that continue to extend our knowledge of the universe. Stars is organized thematically to help students better understand these most interesting heavenly bodies.Stars discusses all areas of what is known about the subject. It will help student understand things such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, and black holes. And it will answer student questions such as: Why do stars have different colors and how are they classified? How do we know what stars are made of? How did scientists figure out how stars evolved?

This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series provides the most up-to-date understanding available of the current knowledge about stars. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Stars is an excellent first step for young people researching the exciting scientific discoveries that continue to extend our knowledge of the universe. Stars is organized thematically to help students better understand these most interesting heavenly bodies.

Stars discusses all areas of what is known about the subject. It will help student understand things such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, and black holes. And it will answer student questions such as: Why do stars have different colors and how are they classified? How do we know what stars are made of? How did scientists figure out how stars evolved?

"This volume in the Greenwood Guides to the Universe series provides the most up-to-date understanding available of the current knowledge about stars. Scientifically sound, but written with the student in mind, Stars and Galaxies is an excellent first step for young people researching the exciting scientific discoveries that continue to extend our knowledge of the universe. It is organized thematically to help students better understand these most interesting heavenly bodies. It discusses all areas of what is known about the subject and will help students understand things such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, pulsars, and black holes. It will also answer student questions such as: Why do stars have different colors and how are they classified? How do we know what stars are made of? How did scientists figure out how stars evolved?"--Publisher's description This Up-to-date Volume Offers Student Researchers An Unexcelled Primer On Current Scientific Knowledge About Stars. • 66 Illustrations • Glossary Of Star-related And Astronomy Terms • A Bibliography Of Useful Resources Will Guide Students In Learning More About The Subject What is a star? Star light, star bright Putting together the puzzle of stellar evolution Variable stars and multiple star systems What makes a galaxy? The Milky Way Arms in disk galaxies Galaxy interactions Active galaxies Galaxy evolution. Introduces galaxies, describing how they are formed, their different types, the structure and age of the Milky Way, and the role of the Hubble Space Telescope in mapping the universe.