Springer, 2025. — 167 p. — ISBN-13 : 978-3031886225 This book presents the story of an experiment with historical significance that, for the first time, uncovered the mechanisms responsible for solar energy production and those generating energy in massive stars. The results were obtained by directly measuring the neutrino fluxes produced by individual fusion reactions in the...
Springer, 2025. — 732 p. — ISBN-13 : 978-9819788866 Primordial black holes (PBHs) were proposed more than 50 years ago as black holes possibly formed across a vast mass range in the early universe. They represent a unique probe to access the primordial universe and cosmological inflation. Furthermore, in certain mass ranges, they could comprise the entirety of the dark matter,...
Immediate Media Company Bristol Limited, UK. — 104 p. — ISSN 1745-9869. Complementing the much-loved BBC television programme, BBC Sky at Night Magazine is your practical guide to astronomy. Each issue features columns by renowned experts as well as in-depth cosmological features, practical observing tutorials, comprehensive equipment reviews, astrophotography master classes...
Springer, 2025. — 368 p. — ISBN-13 : 978-3662705650 This book describes a great variety of significant space plasma processes and the eminent influence that in particular magnetic processes have on the formation, structure and development of objects in our solar system. Supported by vivid graphics, real shots and links to video sequences, all these processes are, while being...
Wiley, 2024. — 320 p. — ISBN-13 : 978-1394195954 Alfvén waves are fundamental to the dynamics of space plasmas. Recent advances in our knowledge about Alfvén waves have come from several directions, including new space missions to unexplored heliospheric regions, sophisticated rocket campaigns in the auroral zone, enlarged magnetometer arrays and radar networks, and significant...
Brepols, 2024. — 479 p. — (Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus) Ptolemy's Almagest (2nd century AD) is the most influential work of ancient and medieval astronomy. This work, however, does not tell us the full story about its author's views of the heavens. After completing the Almagest , Ptolemy turned his attention to a physical investigation of celestial motions. The result is the...
Brill, 2023. — 682 p. — (Time, Astronomy, and Calendars) Connections between the Society of Jesus and astrology used to appear as unexpected at best. Astrology was never viewed favourably by the Church, especially in early modern times, and since Jesuits were strong defenders of Catholic orthodoxy, most historians assumed that their religious fervour would be matched by an...
Springer, 2021. — 295 p. This book considers the history of modern astronomy and astrophysics in Japan by comparing with the development of astrophysics in western countries. Astrophysics essentially arose in three separate fields: astronomical spectroscopy, stellar structure, and survey of celestial objects. This book introduces readers to the state of astronomy back to the...
Edition Topoi, 2021. — 297 S. — (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 76.1). Bei Griechen und Römern war es üblich, die Stunden, die den Zeitraum von Sonnenaufgang bis Sonnenuntergang unterteilten, an Sonnenuhren abzulesen. Es waren Messinstrumente, die von griechischen Wissenschaftlern ersonnen wurden. Sie offenbaren eine intensive Auseinandersetzung mit astronomischen...
Edition Topoi, 2021. — 380 S. — (Berlin Studies of the Ancient World 76.2). Bei Griechen und Römern war es üblich, die Stunden, die den Zeitraum von Sonnenaufgang bis Sonnenuntergang unterteilten, an Sonnenuhren abzulesen. Es waren Messinstrumente, die von griechischen Wissenschaftlern ersonnen wurden. Sie offenbaren eine intensive Auseinandersetzung mit astronomischen...
F+W Media, Inc. — 88 p. — ISSN 0037-6604. Sky & Telescope is a monthly magazine covering all aspects of amateur astronomy. The articles are intended for the informed lay reader and include detailed discussions of current discoveries, frequently by participating scientists. The magazine is illustrated in full color, with both amateur and professional photography of celestial...
Springer, 2022. — 141 p. — ISBN-13 : 978-3031179556 This thesis represents a breakthrough in our understanding of the noise processes in Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs). While the detection of ultraviolet to near-infrared light is useful for a variety of applications from dark matter searches to biological imaging and astronomy, the performance of these detectors...
Heidelberg: Spektrum der Wissenschaft. — 84 S. Sterne und Weltraum (SuW) ist eine deutschsprachige Zeitschrift für Astronomie und Weltraumforschung. Sie erscheint monatlich in der Spektrum der Wissenschaft Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. In ihr beschreiben Experten und Amateure sowohl aktuelle als auch grundlegende Forschungsthemen und das Geschehen im Weltall. Wer selbst das Hobby...
Оренбургская обл.: АстроКА; Небосвод. — 26 с. Небосвод - В журнале Вы найдете статьи известных астрономов и обычных любителей астрономии. Вы познакомитесь с миром звезд, планет и галактик. Из статей вы узнаете, что и как наблюдать на небе. Также в каждом номере помещен астрономический календарь с подробными звездными картами, и вы будите в курсе последних событий и не...