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Table of content:

Part I: THE SKY. 1. Here and Now. 2. The Sky. 3. Cycles of the Sky. 4. The Origin of Modern Astronomy. 5. Light and Telescopes. 6. Atoms and Starlight. Part II: THE SOLAR SYSTEM. 7. The Solar System: An Overview. 8. Terrestrial Planets. 9. Jovian Planets, Pluto, and the Kuiper Belt. 10. Meteorites, Asteroids, and Comets. 11. The Sun. Part III: THE STARS. 12. The Family of Stars. 13. The Formation and Structure of Stars. 14. The Deaths of Stars. 15. Neutron Stars and Black Holes. Part IV: THE UNIVERSE OF GALAXIES. 16. The Milky Way Galaxy. 17. Galaxies. 18. Active Galaxies and Supermassive Black Holes. 19. Modern Cosmology. Part V: LIFE. 20. Life on Other Worlds.