Includes glossary. Includes bibliographical references (p. 93) and index.
Contents:
The sun : the center of the solar system - Structure and energy production of the sun - The sun's magnetic fields and solar activity - The stars : their place in the sky - The properties of stars - The lives of stars - Galaxies.
Summary:
This book introduces the sun, stars, and galaxies, describing the sun as the source of virtually all Earth's energy, the sun's magnetic activity, the stars of the Milky Way Galaxy, the lives of stars, and billions of galaxies of stars scattered across the observable universe.
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