This edition contains many new features, from explanations of dark matter and neutrinos to techniques of digital observing and photography. As well as giving an

Presents the latest findings about the Universe, covering such topics as the solar system and its stars, other galaxies, supernovas, star clusters, nebulas, and

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Text, photographs, paintings, and maps explore the history of astronomy, the solar system, the universe, and new space discoveries.