supernovae

Discusses the creation of planets and explores the planets of the Milky Way as well as other planets in the universe.

An illustrated discussion of space phenomena, such as supernovas, black holes, and dark energy, which scientists, including Dr. Alex Fillippenka and his High-Z Supernova Search Team, believe are pushing the universe apart at an accelerated rate. Includes glossary.

Presents the second season of the History Channel television series "The Universe," which explores topics such as alien planets, cosmic holes, the moon, the Milky Way, dark matter, astrobiology, colonizing space, nebulas, gravity, cosmic collisions, and constellations.

Explains how the chemicals found in all life forms were originally processed inside stars and discusses how recent developments in twentieth-century astronomy led to this discovery.

Discusses questions posed about the huge unstable suns (supernovas) whose immense convulsions and titanic explosions are thought to have brought about our sun and planets.

Explores the intellectual threads that lead to some of the most important ideas and discoveries in modern astrophysics and cosmology, including binary stars, black holes, gamma-ray bursts, wormholes, and string theory.

An introduction to the study of different aspects of the solar system and outer space.