The mysterious universe : supernovae, dark energy, and black holes /

Follow Dr. Alex Fillippenko and his High-Z Supernova Search Team to Mauna Kea volcano in Hawaii, where they will study space phenomena and look for supernovae, dying stars that explode with the power of billions of hydrogen bombs. Dr. Fillippenko looks for black holes--areas in space with such a str...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jackson, Ellen, 1943-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Boston : Houghton Mifflin Books, 2008.
Series:	Scientists in the field.
Subjects:	Supernovae > Juvenile literature. Dark energy (Astronomy) > Juvenile literature. Black holes (Astronomy) > Juvenile literature. Astronomy > Juvenile literature. Supernovae. Dark energy (Astronomy) Black holes (Astronomy) Astronomy.

Table of Contents:

Blast from the past
Pinpricks of light
Two dazzling domes
Darkness everywhere
Black holes behaving badly
Bibliography & resources
Glossary
Index.