This is a book about the mystery and the passion, the imagination, religion, and poetry, the philosophy, the intellectual flights—and, above all, the people�

How does it happen that billions of stars can cooperate to produce the beautiful spirals that characterize so many galaxies, including ours? This book reviews t

The story of Pluto and its largest moon, from discovery through the New Horizons flyby--Provided by publisher.

Today, we accept that we live on a planet circling the sun, that our sun is just one of billions of stars in the galaxy we call the Milky Way, and that our gala

A thought provoking study of the powerful impact of images in guiding astronomers' understanding of galaxies through time.