Astronomy

The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures

The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures

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The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures is about “exploring human futures powered by solar energy,” and is part of a broader publishing program from the University’s Center for Science and the Imagination, which has released similar anthologies about optimistic futures in space and climate change since 2011. The Weight of Light is free to download in ePub, HTML, iBook, and Mobi formats from the Center’s site.

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The Saturn System Through the Eyes of Cassini

The Saturn System Through the Eyes of Cassini

The Cassini-Huygens mission has revolutionized our knowledge of the Saturn system and revealed surprising places in the solar system where life could potentially gain a foothold—bodies we call ocean worlds.

The Practical Astronomer

The Practical Astronomer

Comprise of illustrations of light and colours, practical descriptions of all kinds of telescopes, the use of the equatorial-transit, circular, and other astronomical instruments.