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03530aam a2200361 i 4500 001 1E07779E5C5E11EFA39121381FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20240817010038 008 230519t20242023nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9781324074717 020 $a 132407471X 035 $a (OCoLC)1379265521 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d OCLCQ $d MNG $d OCLCQ $d SILO 043 $a zo----- 050 4 $a QB44.3 $b .P59 2024 082 04 $a 520 $q OCoLC $2 23/eng/20230328 100 1 $a Plait, Philip, $d 1964- $e author. $1 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJxmDw9h9RkmP8HvWVjgrq 245 10 $a Under alien skies : $b a sightseer's guide to the universe / $c Philip Plait, PhD. 246 30 $a Sightseer's guide to the universe 250 $a Norton paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b W.W. Norton & Company, $c 2024 300 $a xiii, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 21 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Epilogue. $t Red sky at night : Mars -- $t Vermin of the sky : asteroids and comets -- $t One ringed world to rule them all : Saturn -- $t At the solar system's edge : Pluto -- $t A mini-solar system : planets around red dwarf stars -- $t Tatooine's sky : planets with two suns -- $t A planet with a million suns : globular clusters -- $t Inside star factories : nebulae -- $t The last sky you'll ever see : black holes -- $t Epilogue. 520 $a Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel the universe? How would Saturn's rings look from a spaceship sailing just above them? If you were falling into a black hole, what's the last thing you'd see before getting spaghettified? While traveling in person to most of these amazing worlds may not be possible--yet--the would-be space traveler need not despair: you can still take the scenic route through the galaxy with renowned astronomer and science communicator Philip Plait. On this lively, immersive adventure through the cosmos, Plait draws ingeniously on both the latest scientific research and his prodigious imagination to transport you to ten of the most spectacular sights outer space has to offer. In vivid, inventive scenes informed by rigorous science--injected with a dose of Plait's trademark humor--Under Alien Skies places you on the surface of alien worlds, from our own familiar Moon to the far reaches of our solar system and beyond. Try launching yourself onto a two-hundred-meter asteroid, or stargazing from the rim of an ancient volcano on a planet where, from the place you stand, it is eternally late afternoon. Experience the sudden onset of lunar nightfall, the disorientation of walking--or, rather, shuffling--when you weigh almost nothing, the irritation of jagged regolith dust. Glimpse the frigid mountains and plains of Pluto and the cake-like exterior of a comet called 67P. On a planet trillions of miles from Earth, glance down to see the strange, beautiful shadows cast by a hundred thousand stars. For the aspiring extraterrestrial citizen, casual space tourist, or curious armchair traveler, Plait is an illuminating, always-entertaining guide to the most otherworldly views in our universe. -- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Astronomy $v Popular works. 651 0 $a Universe $v Popular works. 651 0 $a Outer space $v Popular works. 650 0 $a Astronomy. 655 7 $a Informational works. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20240817012635.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=1E07779E5C5E11EFA39121381FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search