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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
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In 1987 a Type II supernova only 170,000 light years away became visible. Earlier photos of the region showed that the exploded star was a blue supergiant, a previously unsuspected candidate for this fate. Ghostly neutrinos were detected from this supernova.
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The Great Courses
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2024.
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The discovery of other galaxies beyond the Milky Way was one of the great scientific detective stories of the early 20th century. Astronomers now know that there are hundreds of billions of galaxies, spanning billions of light years of space.
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The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2024.
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The high luminosity of quasars puzzled astronomers in the 1960s. How could these peculiar, star-like objects be so bright and yet so far away? Only a few light years across, they are in fact even more powerful than entire galaxies.
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The Universe we live in is finite, and not only is it expanding, but its rate of expansion is increasing! As at now the edge of the Universe is at more than 13.7 billion light years away! Almost 14 billion years have passed since the creation of this Universe, and man is not aware of what he is nor where he goes!!! The Universe now surpasses 81 billion light years... And the greatest scientist of the 20th century said it was not possible to exceed...
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Given the disappearance of the human race from the Lactomed galaxy, an artificial race creates a new human to replace the old human that disappeared in the last extinction of this race. Using remnants of old human DNA salvaged from the shipwreck of the galaxy, artificial intelligence creates some types of humans so that one can unlock new technology that could repair the fabric of space-time when matter collapses and restore the galaxy.Hydra is created...
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Seeking freedom from their oppressive government on Earth, a ragtag group of idealists embark on a perilous journey to found a new world light-years from home On a future Earth, gone are the halcyon days of the early space program, when the universe held endless promise and excitement. Overcrowded, ruled by a corrupt autocracy, and plagued by vast economic inequalities, life on Earth has become nightmarish, and the promise of a world beyond the planet...
8) Starfarers
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Courageous space explorers embark on a mission to make contact with alien races light years away, while the Earth they leave behind ages twelve hundred centuries. It's the most exciting discovery since humankind first began watching the skies: SETI scientists detect starship "trails" in a galaxy many light years from Earth, and at long last the dream of human-to-alien contact is attainable. But the courageous crew of starfarers assembled to take on...
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Earth. Light years away, and yet now that some on the base were born there, it seems so...close. As communication with the mother planet seems more and more likely, Dylan and Alcott have to wonder if Earth really has anything to offer to their world. Is Earth and its customs obsolete or will those traditions save the their society from crumbling apart? More importantly, does Dashiell Turner have his new world's interests at heart?
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The Skylark of Space is one of the earliest novels of interstellar travel and is considered a classic of pulp science fiction. Originally serialized in 1928 in the magazine Amazing Stories it is often categorized as the first literary space opera, complete with protagonists perfect in mind, body, and spirit, who fight against villains of absolute evil. A fun, swoop through millions of light years and tons of adversaries.
11) The Protectorit
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Heroin, the bane of Earth, now wreaks havoc amongst the stars. Dr. Kathleen Mary O'Donnell must survive light years from the planet she needs to save. But first she must escape from the most powerful man in the galaxy, the Lord General Tammaru Ki, the Protectorit, the one who kidnapped her off Earth. But how, when he can hear her every thought? War is coming to the galaxy and Dr. O'Donnell may be the key to the Protectorit's survival, and quite possibly...
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The faster-than-light sequel to the best-selling Adventures in the Solar System. This time, Planetron, the remarkable transformer robot, and young Will, travel thousands of light years through the heart of our Milky Way galaxy. Exploding stars, black holes, neutron stars, even a planet that might be a future home for humans - all are explored and explained in fun, clear, scientific terms.Complete with all the beautiful, full-color illustrations from...
13) Stargate
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Military man Colonel Jack O'Neil (Kurt Russell) and brilliant Egyptologist Daniel Jackson (James Spader) lead a reconnaissance team through a StarGate, a portal which transports them millions of light years from Earth and strands them on an alien planet. When the ruler of this extraordinary world, Ra (Jaye Davidson), discovers the power of the StarGate, he devises a deadly plot. Racing against time, O'Neil and Jackson must overcome Ra if they are...
14) Ealu
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Albee is a slave on a Saibhir residency ship, desperate for freedom and autonomy despite the light-years standing between them and their dreams. Captured again and tortured for answers, the Saibhir believe that Albee had help trying to escape. Is there a resistance on the ship? Or is it a dream created by torture? Ealu, the thrilling science fiction short story from the Saoirse War Series, will take readers on a journey of survival, bravery, and resilience....
15) Kemper's House
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What if the cost of first contact was leaving behind a world you'd never recognize upon return? On the heels of discovering interstellar travel, humanity has stumbled upon the first signs of intelligent life in another system. Captain Adrian Kemper is selected to lead the expedition to Kyra-2B in order to make first contact with the Kyrans. He departs a world struggling to deal with overpopulation, knowing that the realities of space travel will mean...
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The Galactic Kingdom was located in the Scutum-Centaurus Arm of the Milky Way. Roughly ten thousand to fifteen thousand Light Years from SOL. It was a Kingdom of over one thousand star systems. For generations, the King and Queen would send their only child (male) to some far-off star system to grow, theoretically safe from assassins in the Kingdom.Typically, the Prince would go to one-star system, and his betrothed would be sent to another to be...
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Interstellar kidnapping… or opportunity? A thousand teens and their teachers were stunned when the alien Garubis yanked Twenty-Nine Palms High School right out of California's Mojave desert, plopping it into a jungle many light years away. It was supposed to be a "gift"-a new settlement for humanity. But tell that to Mark, Alexandra, Barry and Sophie when strange parasites attack… and they don't know what to eat… and the island of Earth-buildings...
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The Starchild Compact is an epic tale of beginnings, of roots, of what might have been, and what might be. The Starchild Compact is an adventure of heroic proportions, commencing on a planet 500 light years distant, arriving here just a few years from now, and ending up in the far distant expanses of the Universe.
Jon Stock takes his exploration team to Saturn's moon, Iapetus, that Earth scientists have determined may be an artifact. Following launch,...
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Teen girls rewrite the universe every day… but now they’re going even further! Reunite with Nathalie and Marie — and their new friend/crush Jane Doe — for their wildest, most hilarious games of imagination yet, including an extended fantasy epic! Marie and Nathalie are the queens of make-believe. They’ve run through every scenario that is possible, somewhat plausible, or frankly unbelievable: secret-agent ninjas launching a surprise-attack...
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A rip-roaring space adventure from the 1930's by the legendary John Cambpell. A race in another solar system many light years away from Earth is looking for some solar system with a sun more stable than their own highly erratic one. They discover our nice neat little system and decide to move. With faster than light drive and much more advanced science and weapons it looks like a walk over by the away team. But they make the mistake of showing their...
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