Naked sky, naked eye: finding your way in the dark -- Collecting light -- Over the rainbow -- Solar system family snapshot -- Hard, rocky places: the inner planets -- Bloated and gassy: the outer planets -- The moon, moons, and rings -- This world and beyond -- The sun: our star -- Giants, dwarfs, and the stellar family -- The life and death of stars -- Black holes: one-way tickets to nowhere -- The Milky Way: our very own galaxy -- A galaxy of galaxies -- Strange galaxies -- Cosmology and cosmologies -- The beginning and the end of the universe -- Where is everybody?
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A beginner's guide to astronomy features information about the solar system as well as star maps and a monthly guide on locating the planets in the sky.
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