Hubble

Robin Kerrod is an astronomy and space writer with a string of best-selling titles to his credit, including The Sky at Night, The Star Guide, Apollo, The Journeys of Voyager and History of NASA. He has also authored a multimedia Space Encyclopedia on CD-ROM. A Fellow both of the Royal Astronomical Society and the British Interplanetary Society, he is an avid globe-trotter, travelling to space centres and observatories, and to witness astronomical phenomena such as eclipses and comets. Robin lives near Salisbury, England.

Introduction: The new look Universe being revealed by the Hubble Space Telescope and other state-of-the-art instruments in space and on the ground. 1. Stars In The Firmament; 2. Stellar Death And Destruction; 3. Gregarious Galaxies; 4. The Expansive Universe; 5. Solar Systems; 7. Planets In The Sky; Background Briefing... Exploring The Universe Hubble Space Telescope Milestones; Glossary; Index