Now in its eighth edition, Universe continues to clearly present the exciting discoveries in astronomy. This edition includes Starry Night Backyard and Deep Space Explorer award-winning software. Enriched with more illustrations, Universe remains the ideal text for all Astronomy and Cosmology courses.

PART I: INTRODUCING ASTRONOMY
Astronomy and the Universe
Knowing the Heavens
Eclipses and the Motion of the Moon
Gravitation and the Waltz of the Planets
The Nature of Light
Optics and Telescopes
PART II: PLANETS AND MOONS
Comparative Planetology I: Our Solar System
Comparative Planetology II: The Origin of Our Solar System
The Living Earth
Our Barren Moon
Mercury, Venus, and Mars: Earthlike Yet Unique
Jupiter and Saturn: Lords of the Planets
Jupiter and Saturn's Satellites of Fire and Ice
Uranus, Neptune, Pluto and the Kuiper Belt: Remote Worlds
Vagabonds of the Solar System
PART III: STARS AND STELLAR EVOLUTION
Our Star, The Sun
The Nature of the Stars
The Birth of Stars
Stellar Evolution: After the Main Sequence
Stellar Evolution: The Deaths of Stars
Neutron Stars
Black Holes
PART IV: GALAXIES AND COSMOLOGY
Our Galaxy
Galaxies
Quasars, Active Galaxies, and Gamma-Ray Bursters
Cosmology: The Origin and Evolution of the Universe
Exploring the Early Universe
The Search for Extraterrestrial Life

ROGER A. FREEDMAN, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.

WILLIAM J. KAUFMANN, late of San Diego State University, USA.