In 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 3 took the first photographs of the far side of the Moon. Even at low resolution, the images stunned scientists: the far side ...
An incredibly compact story by geophysicist David Bercovici about how everything appeared everywhere: stars and galaxies, the Earth's atmosphere, oceans, cel...
An insider story about how scientists tried to discover one of the main secrets of cosmology and lost their way, seduced by the shine of Nobel gold. What is ...
In the early 1970s, there was a small group of advocates for an infrared space telescope; however, the field of infrared astronomy was only a few years ol...
"Out of Earth" is an exciting science fiction book written by the famous American writer Robert Heinlein. In this book, readers will immerse themselves in the e...
For centuries, people have perceived space as a static, cold space. It appears completely different to us today in the light of the latest knowledge in the f...
In December 2009, the St. Petersburg Mint of Goznak celebrates its 285th anniversary. The release of a book is dedicated to this event, which tells in a popu...
The solar system is our galactic home. She will remain so until humanity reaches the stars. But do we know our home? Its size, address, origin, future prospe...
The book by V. Bugrov, published by the Russian Knights Aviation Assistance Foundation, is dedicated to one of the most grandiose plans of S. P. Korolev - a ...
In a form accessible to students, the book talks about the development of all astronomical objects and systems of celestial bodies, about the interconnection...
The book is a collection of essays by the outstanding modern physicist Stephen Hawking, written by him between 1976 and 1992. These are autobiographical essa...