TY - BOOK AU - Pasachoff,Jay M. AU - Filippenko,Alexei V. TI - The cosmos: astronomy in the new millennium SN - 9781108431385 [paperback] U1 - 520 P26 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Astronomy N1 - Includes appendices, glossary and index; A grand tour of the heavens -- Light, matter, and energy : powering the universe -- Light and telescopes : extending our senses -- Observing the stars and planets : clockwork of the universe -- Gravitation and motion : the early history of astronomy -- The terrestrial planets : earth, moon, and their relatives -- The jovian planets : windswept giants -- Pluto, comets, and space debris -- Our solar system and others -- Our star : the sun -- Stars : distant suns -- How the stars shine : cosmic furnaces -- The death of stars : recycling -- Black holes : the end of space and time -- The milky way : our home in the universe -- A universe of galaxies -- Quasars and active galaxies -- Cosmology : the birth and life of the cosmos -- In the beginning -- Life in the universe ER -