In this fascinating Very Short Introduction, popular science writer John Gribben tells the story of our growing understanding of galaxies, from the days before Galileo to our present-day observations of our many hundreds of millions of galactic...
"Deflection of light by gravity was predicted by General Relativity and observa-
tionaly confirmed in 1919. In the following decades various aspects of the gravita-
tional lens effect were explored theoretically, among them the possibility of...
The Universe is a beautiful place. Whether it’s aurorae or galaxies, planets or nebulae, the swirling shapes and striking colours of the night sky are begging to be captured in photographs. So it should come as no surprise that amateur astronomers...
The Hubble Space Telescope. No other telescope combines instant name recognition with the production of consistently spectacular images. Yet few people outside of the astronomy community realize that Hubble is now at the apex of its imaging...
By the International Space Station Program Science Office
The International Space Station (ISS) is uniquely capable of unraveling the mysteries of our universe—from the evolution of our planet and life on Earth to technology advancements and...
The Islamic scientific tradition has been described many times in accounts of Islamic civilization and general histories of science, with most authors tracing its beginnings to the appropriation of ideas from other ancient civilizations—the Greeks...