Supernova Story (eBook)

Laurence A. Marschall (Autor)

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2021
343 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-22490-9 (ISBN)

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Astronomers believe that a supernova is a massive explosion signaling the death of a star, causing a cosmic recycling of the chemical elements and leaving behind a pulsar, black hole, or nothing at all. In an engaging story of the life cycles of stars, Laurence Marschall tells how early astronomers identified supernovae, and how later scientists came to their current understanding, piecing together observations and historical accounts to form a theory, which was tested by intensive study of SN 1987A, the brightest supernova since 1006. He has revised and updated The Supernova Story to include all the latest developments concerning SN 1987A, which astronomers still watch for possible aftershocks, as well as SN 1993J, the spectacular new event in the cosmic laboratory.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 9.2.2021
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Science Library
• Reihe/Serie: Princeton Science Library
• Zusatzinfo: 74 figs
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Weltraum / Astronomie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Astronomie / Astrophysik
• Schlagworte: accretion disk • Allende meteorite • Alpertus of Mertz • Alpha particle • Amateur astronomers • Andromeda Galaxy • Angstrom unit • Apparent magnitude • Asterism (astronomy) • Astrology • Astronomer • Astronomical Object • Astronomy • astrophysics • Atmosphere of Earth • Babylonian records • Be star • beta decay • Betelgeuse • binary star • Black Holes • Blue supergiant • brightness • Calculation • Cameron, Alastair G.W. • Cassiopeia A • Celestial event • Cepheid variable • Chaco Canyon • Charles Messier • Chemical element • Chronology of the universe • Circumstellar gas • Computer models • Cosmic distance ladder • Cosmic Ray • Crab nebula • Degeneracy electron • Diamonds in meteorites • Doppler Effect • Dorpat Observatory • Duncan, John • ecliptic • Edwin Hubble • electric charge • Electromagnetic radiation • Elliptical galaxy • escape velocity • Exponential decay • Galaxies • Galaxy cluster • Gamma ray • gamma rays • Globular Cluster • gravitational waves • Gravity • Great Schism • Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics • Helium atom • Heracleides • Hoyle, Fred • Hubble space telescope • hydrogen burning • hydrogen line • Ian Shelton • Illustration • infrared radiation • International Ultraviolet Explorer • Interstellar cloud • Interstellar Matter • Interstellar Medium • Jedrzejewski, Robert • Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array • Karovska, Margarita • Kepler, Johannes • Large Magellanic Cloud • Las Campanas Observatory • light curve • Light echo • light year • light-year • Lunar mansion • Meteorite • milky way • Milky Way Galaxy • MIR X-ray telescope • Mount Wilson observatory • Mystery spot • naked eye • Nebula • Neutrino • Neutron • neutron star • Niles Eldredge • nitrogen • Nova • nuclear reaction • Nuclear Structure • Nucleosynthesis • Observatory • optical telescope • Palomar Observatory • Parallax • physicist • Planetariums • Planetary System • Quadrant • quasars • Radioactive decay • Radio Astronomy • Radionuclide • Radio Telescope • Radio Wave • Radio Waves • Red Giant • Red supergiant • Schmidt telescope • SN 1987A • SN 1993J • Solar mass • Spectra • Spectral line • spectroscopy • Spiral galaxy • Star • star formation • Star position • Star System • stellar wind • Superclusters • Supernova • Supernova Remnant • synchrotron • synchrotron emission • Technetium • telescope • Temperature • Type II supernova • Ultraviolet • Universe • variable star • Venus • Visible spectrum • Wavelength • White Dwarf • X-Ray • X-ray telescope • year • Zwicky (crater)
• ISBN-10: 0-691-22490-0 / 0691224900
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-22490-9 / 9780691224909