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1) Galaxies, galaxies!

Author

Gibbons, Gail

Publisher

Holiday House

Pub. Date

[2018]

Edition

New edition.

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm

Language

English

Description

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Learn about some of the billion galaxies. Learn about their shapes and sizes, and what they consist of.

2) Galaxies and the cosmic frontier

Author

Waller, William H

Publisher

Harvard University Press

Pub. Date

[2003]

Physical Desc

ix, 317 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Language

English

3) Galaxies and quasars

Author

Kaufmann, William J

Publisher

W. H. Freeman

Pub. Date

[1979]

Physical Desc

x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Language

English

4) Galaxies

Author

Sipiera, Paul P

Series

True book

Publisher

Children's Press

Pub. Date

1997.

Physical Desc

47 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Examines what a galaxy is, the different types that exist, their structures, and some facts learned from the study of galaxies.

5) The Milky Way: an insider's guide

Author

Waller, William H

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Pub. Date

[2013]

Physical Desc

xi, 316 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Language

English

6) Colliding galaxies

Author

Parker, Barry R

Publisher

Plenum Press

Pub. Date

[1990]

Physical Desc

x, 298 pages

Language

English

7) Cycles of fire: stars, galaxies, and the wonder of deep space

Author

Hartmann, William K

Publisher

Workman Pub

Pub. Date

1987.

Physical Desc

189 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

Language

English

8) Cosmic clouds: birth, death, and recycling in the galaxy

Author

Kaler, James B

Publisher

Scientific American Library

Pub. Date

[1997]

Physical Desc

xii, 253 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 25 cm

Language

English

9) Stars and galaxies

Author

Thomas, Isabel

Series

Astronaut travel guides

Publisher

Raintree

Pub. Date

2013.

Edition

First edition.

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Presents facts about stars and galaxies, and describes what it would be like to visit them.

10) The big mess =: Der Grosse Verhau

Series

Alexander Kluge collection

Publisher

Facets Multimedia

Pub. Date

[2010]

Physical Desc

1 DVD (86 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Language

Deutsch

Description

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In the year 2034, the Kruger star system is being divided up for major corporations and any company without a special license is considered a pirate.

11) What do we know about stars and galaxies?

Author

Farndon, John

Series

Raintree freestyle. Earth, space & beyond
Raintree freestyle. Earth space and beyond

Publisher

Raintree

Pub. Date

[2011]

Physical Desc

48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm.

Language

English

Description

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This volume describes the properties and facts about stars and galaxies.

12) The alchemy of the heavens: searching for meaning in the Milky Way

Author

Croswell, Ken

Publisher

Anchor Books

Pub. Date

1995.

Edition

First Anchor Books edition.

Physical Desc

xii, 340 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

13) How space works

Series

Facts visually explained

Publisher

DK Publishing

Pub. Date

2021.

Edition

First American edition.

Physical Desc

223 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

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How the Universe works--and how we explore it--explained in simple words and clever graphics. The clearest, most visual guide to space and the Universe for complete beginners to astronomy. Have you ever asked yourself how big the Universe is, how far it is to the nearest star, or what came before the Big Bang? Then this is the book for you. How Space Works shows you the different types of object in the Universe (so you'll know your pulsars from your...

14) Stars and galaxies

Author

Miller, Ron

Series

Worlds beyond

Publisher

Twenty-First Century Books

Pub. Date

[2006]

Physical Desc

96 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

15) The universe and you

Author

Slade, Suzanne

Publisher

Sleeping Bear Press

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

Description

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"During the night, as a child sleeps in her bedroom, the reader is taken on an exploration of our solar system, galaxies beyond, and finally the universe as a whole"--

16) How did the first stars and galaxies form?

Author

Loeb, Abraham

Series

Princeton frontiers in physics

Publisher

Princeton University Press

Pub. Date

2010.

Physical Desc

xiii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Language

English

17) The Milky Way and other galaxies

Author

Vogt, Gregory

Series

Our universe

Publisher

Raintree Steck-Vaughn

Pub. Date

2001.

Physical Desc

48 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.

Language

English

Description

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Presents a brief discussion of the properties of galaxies, including the Milky Way and others.

18) Night wonders

Author

Peddicord, Jane Ann

Publisher

Charlesbridge

Pub. Date

[2005]

Physical Desc

32 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Language

English

19) Minding the heavens: the story of our discovery of the Milky Way

Author

Belkora, Leila

Publisher

Institute of Physics

Pub. Date

2003.

Physical Desc

x, 406 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Language

English

20) Visual galaxy: the ultimate guide to the Milky Way and beyond

Publisher

National Geographic

Pub. Date

2019.

Physical Desc

320 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm

Language

English

Description

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This compelling visual journey through our galaxy combines more than 350 photographs, illustrations, and graphics to present the universe as you've never seen it before. Visual Galaxy is a deep dive into the past, present, and future of our home galaxy, the Milky Way. In this mind-expanding visual tour through the cosmos, spectacular photographs are converted into interpretive graphics, starting with the sun and moving outward into space where stars...

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1) Galaxies, galaxies!

2) Galaxies and the cosmic frontier

3) Galaxies and quasars

4) Galaxies

5) The Milky Way: an insider's guide

6) Colliding galaxies

7) Cycles of fire: stars, galaxies, and the wonder of deep space

8) Cosmic clouds: birth, death, and recycling in the galaxy

9) Stars and galaxies

10) The big mess =: Der Grosse Verhau

11) What do we know about stars and galaxies?

12) The alchemy of the heavens: searching for meaning in the Milky Way

13) How space works

14) Stars and galaxies

15) The universe and you

16) How did the first stars and galaxies form?

17) The Milky Way and other galaxies

18) Night wonders

19) Minding the heavens: the story of our discovery of the Milky Way

20) Visual galaxy: the ultimate guide to the Milky Way and beyond

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