Subject
Astronomy
24 books in this subject.
Astronomy
Dark Matter and Dark Energy
Galaxy Rotation Curves, WIMPs, and Why 95% of the Universe Is Dark — A TLDR Primer
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Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
Ellipses, Equal Areas, and T² = a³ — A TLDR Primer
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Black Holes
Event Horizons, the Schwarzschild Radius, and How We Actually Detect Them — A TLDR Primer
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Circular Orbits and Satellite Motion
Centripetal Force, Kepler's Third Law, and Orbital Energy — A TLDR Primer
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Cosmology and the Big Bang
Redshift, the CMB, and Dark Energy's Role in an Expanding Universe — A TLDR Primer
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Eclipses: When the Sun Goes Dark
Umbras, Saros Cycles, and the Diamond Ring — A TLDR Primer
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Exoplanets
Transit Dips, Radial Wobbles, and the Habitable Zone — A TLDR Primer
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Galaxies & the Large-Scale Universe
The Hubble Sequence, the Cosmic Web, and Dark Matter Halos — A TLDR Primer
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Gravitational Waves: Ripples in Spacetime
Einstein's Prediction, Colliding Black Holes, and the LIGO Detection — A TLDR Primer
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Neutron Stars and Pulsars: The Densest Objects in the Universe
Degenerate Matter, Lighthouse Beams, and the Kilonova That Made Your Gold — A TLDR Primer
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Space Exploration and Spacecraft
Rocket Equations, Delta-V, and the Four Families of Spacecraft — A TLDR Primer
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Stellar Evolution
The H-R Diagram, Hydrostatic Equilibrium, and Deaths from White Dwarfs to Black Holes — A TLDR Primer
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Supernovas: How Stars Die
Core Collapse, Type Ia Detonations, and the Forging of Heavy Elements — A TLDR Primer
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The Drake Equation: Estimating Alien Civilizations
Frank Drake, the Fermi Paradox, and the Seven Factors That Guess at ET — A TLDR Primer
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The Fermi Paradox: Where Is Everybody?
The Drake Equation, the Great Filter, and the Dark Forest — A TLDR Primer
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The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
Luminosity, Spectral Class, and Stellar Evolution Traced Across the H-R Diagram — A TLDR Primer
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The Hubble Space Telescope
A Telescope Fixed in Orbit and the Deep Field That Followed (1990–)
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The International Space Station
A Multinational Outpost in Low Earth Orbit (1998–)
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The James Webb Space Telescope
Hubble's Infrared Successor and the First Galaxies (2021–)
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The Mars Rovers
Sojourner to Perseverance: Robotic Exploration of the Red Planet
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The Observable Universe: How Big Is It Really?
The Cosmic Horizon, the 46-Billion-Light-Year Radius, and Why Space Itself Expands — A TLDR Primer
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The Solar System
Gravity, Orbits, and Eight Worlds Around One Star — A TLDR Primer
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The Space Shuttle Program
Thirty Years and 135 Missions (1981–2011)
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The Sun: How Our Star Works
Fusion in the Core, the Convection Zone, and the Solar Wind — A TLDR Primer