Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics; v.44, 2006.0824309448 Annual review of astronomy and astrophysics Astronomy and astrophysics may refer to:
Astronomy and Astrophysics (abbreviated as A&A ; v.44, 2006. Ed. by Roger Blandford et al. Annual Reviews 2006 580 pages $196.00 Hardcover QB14 Three of the 12 articles in the 2006 edition of this esteemed annual series review the many recent advances in the study of X-ray emission from extragalactic ex·tra·ga·lac·tic adj. Located or originating beyond the Milky Way. Adj. 1. extragalactic - outside or beyond a galaxy; "extragalactic nebula" jets, the X-ray properties of black-hold binaries, and populations of X-ray sources in galaxies. Other topics include pulsar pulsar, in astronomy, a neutron star that emits brief, sharp pulses of energy instead of the steady radiation associated with other natural sources. The study of pulsars began when Antony Hewish and his students at Cambridge Univ. wind nebulae, absolute magnitude calibrations for the long period Cepheids, elliptical galaxy formation, extragalactic globular clusters, diffuse atomic and molecular clouds, and the first results from the Spitzer Space Telescope Spitzer Space Telescope: see infrared astronomy; observatory, orbiting. . ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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