Astronomy

A clear, plain-English guide to this complex scientific theory

String theory is the hottest topic in physics right now, with books on the subject (...

In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they began to find planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. More than eight hundred planets have been foun...

The nature of Mars, the red planet, one of the closest to Earth, has always raised many questions. Why is Mars red, why do white polar caps appear and disapp...

This book contains 99 secrets of astronomy. Open it and learn about how the Universe works, what cosmic dust is made of and where black holes come from. Funn...

The co-authorship of Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, a specialist in quantum theory and chaos theory, is a successful creative tandem, which has alread...

This never-before-printed science fiction novel by the original "rocket man," Wernher von Braun, combines technical fact with a human story line in the wa...

A tour of the exotic and remote outposts where scientists seek answers to the great mysteries: “A thrilling ride around the globe and around the cosmos.” ...

"If Ms. Frizzle were a physics student of Stephen Hawking, she might have written THE UNIVERSE IN YOUR HAND, a wild tour through the reaches of time and s...

The future... What is there and what awaits us? From time immemorial, people have been asking this question and building hypotheses about the coming catastro...

Reacher goes where he wants, when he wants. That morning he was heading west, walking under the merciless desert sun—until he comes upon a curious scene. ...

Where and how to look for aliens? The idea of extraterrestrial life fascinated humanity long before the exploration of outer space began. John Willis, astron...