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Astronomy Today, 9th edition

Published by Pearson (November 13, 2017) © 2018

  • Eric Chaisson Tufts University
  • Steve McMillan Drexel University
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With Astronomy Today, authors Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan communicate their excitement about astronomy, combining up-to-date science with insightful pedagogy. The text connects introductory astronomy to a broad understanding of the universe, emphasizes visualization and focuses on the process of scientific discovery in order to convey how we know what we know.

The 9th Edition reflects current research and discoveries in the field of astronomy including the Horizon mission on Pluto, the Mars Maven mission on Mars, and the discovery of a potentially habitable planet around Proxima Centauri.

Astronomy Today, 9th Edition Full Volume contains Chapters 1-28 and is also available in the following split volume versions:

  • Volume 1: The Solar System, 9th Edition contains Chapters 1-16, 28
  • Volume 2: Stars and Galaxies, 9th Edition contains Chapters 1-5 and 16-28

I. ASTRONOMY AND THE UNIVERSE

  1. Charting the Heavens: The Foundations of Astronomy
  2. The Copernican Revolution: The Birth of Modern Science
  3. Radiation: Information from the Cosmos
  4. Spectroscopy: The Inner Workings of Atoms
  5. Telescopes: The Tools of Astronomy

II. OUR PLANETARY SYSTEM

  1. The Solar System: An Introduction to Comparative Planetology
  2. Earth: Our Home in Space
  3. The Moon and Mercury: Scorched and Battered Worlds
  4. Venus: Earth's Sister Planet
  5. Mars: A Near Miss for Life?
  6. Jupiter: Giant of the Solar System
  7. Saturn: Spectacular Rings and Mysterious Moons
  8. Uranus and Neptune: The Outer Worlds of the Solar System
  9. Solar System Debris: Keys to Our Origin
  10. The Formation of Planetary Systems: The Solar System and Beyond<

III. STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION

  1. The Sun: Our Parent Star
  2. The Stars: Giants, Dwarfs, and the Main Sequence
  3. The Interstellar Medium: Gas and Dust among the Stars
  4. Star Formation: A Traumatic Birth
  5. Stellar Evolution: The Life and Death of a Star
  6. Stellar Explosions: Novae, Supernovae, and the Formation of the Elements
  7. Neutron Stars and Black Holes: Strange States of Matter

IV. GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY

  1. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space
  2. Galaxies: Building Blocks of the Universe
  3. Galaxies and Dark Matter: The Large-Scale Structure of the Cosmos
  4. Cosmology: The Big Bang and the Fate of the Universe
  5. The Early Universe: Toward the Beginning of Time
  6. Life in the Universe: Are We Alone?

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