To the stars

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To the stars

Since ancient times, man has turned his gaze to the stars, overwhelmed by feelings of awe and wonder: What were these tiny celestial lights that accompanied our nights? In recent centuries, humanity has made enormous scientific progress. We explained the nature of stars and gained a deep understanding of the processes that take place inside them, while our spacecraft traveled to the far reaches of our solar system. But we didn't stop there. We now have the ability through our observations to mentally travel and study objects that are billions of light years away from us, billions of years in the past.

This book is a fascinating journey into the world of Astrophysics and its most impressive aspects. Within its pages unfold the exotic conditions of the planets of our solar system, the quest to find new "worlds", the epic story of the birth and death of stars, the mysterious black holes and super-bright quasars, the past and the future of the Universe , the search for extraterrestrial life and many more fascinating chapters of Astrophysics and Astronomy.

Through simple explanations of natural phenomena and rich illustrations, the reader will experience the fascination of space exploration and will be able to understand better than ever the place of man in the Universe.