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Astronomical enigmas : life on Mars, the Star of Bethlehem & other Milky Way mysteries / Mark Kidger.

by Kidger, Mark R. (Mark Richard), 1960-

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Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.

Astronomy -- Popular works.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0417/2004008937.html

0801880262 (acid-free paper)

vi, 297 p., [64] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), map ; 25 cm.

Why study the universe? -- What our forebears knew. Stonehenge : monument or megalithic observatory? ; How did the stars get their names? ; What was the Christmas star? ; How do we know when comet Halley was seen? -- Looking around our solar system. Our moon : nearest neighbor, and hot property? ; Is there life on Mars? ; Pluto : impostor or king of the outer darkness? ; How astronomers learn without going anywhere -- Triumph or disaster? Clear and present danger : will we be the next dinosaurs? ; Goldilocks and the three planets ; Going to the planets? ; Are we stardust? ; Manned spaceflight at the crossroads.

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