Mysteries of the Universe

Lela Nargi

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Has the universe always existed? Scientists have looked further into space and discovered the galaxies moving. Were they once closer together? If scientists look far enough, can they discover where our universe started? Budding astronomers will learn all about the universe in this in-depth look at space science.

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• Publié par: Capstone Global Library
• Date de parution: 01 avril 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781398217867
• Langue: English

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Mysteries of the Universe
by Lela Nargi
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Edited by Hank Musolf Designed by Sara Radka Original illustrations © Capstone Global Library Limited 2021 Picture research by Jo Miller Production by Laura Manthe Originated by Capstone Global Library Ltd
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Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs: Anand Raichoor (Federal Polytechnic of Lausanne, Switzerland) and the SDSS collaboration, 21, (Top); ESO: Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin, 21, (Bottom); Newscom: Album/20TH CENTURY FOX, 27; Science Source: Atlas Photo Bank, 9, Emilio Segrè Visual Archives / American Institute of Physics, 15, Mark Garlick, 13, 22-23, Royal Institution of Great Britain, 8; Shutterstock: Denis Belitsky, 20, Designua, 11, Diego Cervo, 29, Everett Historical, 6, GiroScience, 26, IM_photo, 5, MaraZe, 15 (Inset), Vadim Sadovski, Cover, Vikulin, 5 (Inset); Wikimedia: ESO/M. Kornmesser, 25, F Schmutzer, 7, NASA, 16, (Top Inset), 16, 19 (Inset), NASA and the European Space Agency., 19, R. Williams (STScI), the HDF-S Team, and NASA/ESA, 16, (Bottom Inset). Design elements: Shutterstock: Anna Kutukova, Aygun Ali
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Contents
The Start of Everything ... 4
So Many Questions ............... 8
The universe is born ........... 12
hubble ’s Law ............................ 14
The empty space .................... 18
A lonely cosmos ................. 26
Rip, freeze, crunch and bounce ........... 28
Glossary .................................................... 30
Find out more ........................................... 31
Index ............................................................... 32
Words in bold are in the glossary.