Fireside Astronomy

Partial table of contents: A Recipe from Copernicus. The Strangest Planet. The Guzman Prize. The Hubble Telescope: Failure or Success?. Planets of Other Stars. Brown Dwarfs. Sunquakes. Danger from Chiron. Green Stars. The Oldest Star Map. X-Rays from the Moon. Insects on the Moon. The Doomed Satellite. Martian Mud. The Mousetrap that Squeaked. A Bolt from Midas?. The Youngest Star. A Tale of Two Fires. A Swarm of Icy Planets. Make Your Own Comet!. The Giant Sun. The Faintest Galaxy. The White Spot on Saturn. Astronomers Versus Squirrels. Do You Want to Buy a Star?. The Strange Case of Zibal. Exploding Star. The Black Widow. What Is a Snu?. Flying for Halley. Sudden Death. The Two-Faced Moon. Space Debris. Worlds of Curious Shapes. Onward to Pluto. What Does One Believe?. How to Welcome an Alien. Index.