Astronomy

Astronomy is a natural science which is the study of celestial objects (such as stars, galaxies, planets, moons, and nebulae), the physics, chemistry, and evolution of such objects, and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth, including supernovae explosions, gamma ray bursts, and cosmic microwave background radiation. A related but distinct subject, cosmology, is concerned with studying the universe as a whole.

New Releases Tagged "Astronomy"

Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon—The Untold Story
Ripples on the Cosmic Ocean: An Environmental History of Our Place in the Solar System
White Holes
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization
A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
Gemini: Stepping Stone to the Moon—The Untold Story
Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe
When the Heavens Went on Sale: The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything
Enlightenment
Cosmic Queries: StarTalk's Guide to Who We Are, How We Got Here, and Where We're Going
The Martians: The True Story of an Alien Craze that Captured Turn-of-the-Century America
On the Origin of Time: Stephen Hawking's Final Theory
The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, and Dreams Deferred
Ends of the Earth: Journeys to the Polar Regions in Search of Life, the Cosmos, and Our Future
Insomniacs After School, vol. 6
Dios - La ciencia - Las pruebas: El albor de una revolución
Cosmos
A Brief History of Time
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandaries
The Universe in a Nutshell
The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory
How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming
Origins: Fourteen Billion Years of Cosmic Evolution
The Grand Design
The End of Everything (Astrophysically Speaking)
The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality
The Pluto Files: The Rise and Fall of America’s Favorite Planet
Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Packing for Mars: The Curious Science of Life in the Void
Sapiens by Yuval Noah HarariGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCollapse by Jared Diamond
Big History
266 books — 107 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Scientific Readings for Everyone
150 books — 72 voters
The Republic by PlatoWhat Is Mathematics? An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods by Richard CourantThe Immoralist by André GideYoung Archimedes and Other Stories by Aldous HuxleyJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Carl Sagan's Reading List
34 books — 9 voters

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannBorn a Crime by Trevor NoahMarch by John             LewisEinstein by Walter Isaacson
Non-Fiction read in 2017
476 books — 83 voters
NightWatch by Terence DickinsonSky & Telescope's Pocket Sky Atlas by Roger W. SinnottTurn Left at Orion by Guy ConsolmagnoThe Backyard Astronomer's Guide by Terence DickinsonUranometria 2000.0 by Wil Tirion
Amateur Astronomy
43 books — 13 voters


Carl Sagan
National boundaries are not evident when we view the Earth from space. Fanatical ethnic or religious or national chauvinisms are a little difficult to maintain when we see our planet as a fragile blue crescent fading to become an inconspicuous point of light against the bastion and citadel of the stars.
Carl Sagan, Cosmos

Seneca
The time will come when diligent research over long periods will bring to light things which now lie hidden. A single lifetime, even though entirely devoted to the sky, would not be enough for the investigation of so vast a subject... And so this knowledge will be unfolded only through long successive ages. There will come a time when our descendants will be amazed that we did not know things that are so plain to them... Many discoveries are reserved for ages still to come, when memory of us wil ...more
Seneca, Natural Questions

More quotes...
This group is for Druids who seek the modern knowledge of which the Ancients dreamed in order to…more
1 member, last active 2 years ago
Science and Inquiry This Group explores scientific topics. We have an active monthly book club, as well as discussio…more
4,459 members, last active 21 hours ago
Pen & Paper Bookclub Hello and welcome! I love reading books. You can explore different worlds, different people and…more
1 member, last active 5 years ago
Atlanta Science Book Club If you are most often found holed up in your Atlanta home reading the latest on anything from qu…more
46 members, last active 6 years ago

Tags

Tags contributing to this page include: astronomy, astronomia, and atronomy