Astrophysics for People in a Hurry

nanosecond, 49n NASA, 161, 162, 185 nebulae, spectral analysis of, 38 nebulium, 38 Neptune, 129, 130, ...

platinum, 126 Plutinos, 169 Pluto, 129, 131–32, 169, 172 plutonium, 131–32 point of last scatter, 57–58 Pop ...

Saturday Night Live, 39–40 Saturn, 123, 129, 141, 171, 174 Schmidt, Brian, 103, 104 scientific models ...

neutrinos from, 91 supernovas, 67–68, 103–6, 124, 153–54 surface of last scatter, 57–58, 60 surface tension, ...

Virgo Supercluster, 29 virtual particles, 74, 111 volcanic eruptions, 180 Voyager, 39–40, 180–81 water, 117, 16 ...

ALSO BY NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON StarTalk: The Book Welcome to the Universe: An Astrophysical Tour (with Michael ...

Merlin’s Tour of the Universe ...

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist with the American Museum of Natural History in Ne ...

Chapters adapted from “Universe” essays in Natural History magazine—Chapter 1: March 1998 and September 2003; ...