The eight edition of 'Universe' continues to clearly present the exciting discoveries in astronomy. It includes Starry Night Backyard and Deep Space Explorer award-winning software.
PART I: INTRODUCING ASTRONOMY - Astronomy and the Universe - Knowing the Heavens - Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon - Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets - The Nature of Light - Optics and Telescopes -
PART II: PLANETS AND MOONS - Comparative Planetology
I: Our Solar System - Comparative Planetology
II: The Origin of Our Solar System - The Living Earth - Our Barren Moon - Mercury, Venus, and Mars: Earthlike Yet Unique - Jupiter and Saturn: Lords of the Planets - Jupiter and Saturn's Satellites of Fire and Ice - Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt: Remote Worlds - Vagabonds of the Solar System -
PART III: STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION - Our Star, The Sun - The Nature of the Stars - The Birth of Stars - Stellar Evolution: After the Main Sequence - Stellar Evolution: The Deaths of Stars - Neutron Stars - Black Holes -
PART IV: GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY - Our Galaxy - Galaxies - Quasars, Active Galaxies, and Gamma-Ray Bursters - Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of the Universe - Exploring the Early Universe - The Search for Extraterrestrial Life