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Twenty-five years ago this month, the Hubble Space Telescope launched into Earth orbit and into the history books: it changed the way we view our place in space for ever. In this special edition of BBC Sky at Night Magazine, we celebrate the unparalleled clarity of Hubble’s greatest images. With 116 pages of stunning galleries, plus features on the science Hubble enabled, the daring maintenance missions and more, you’ll never see the Universe
...Sky at Night magazine is your practical guide to astronomy. Each issue features the world’s biggest and best night sky guide complete with star charts, observing tutorials and in-depth equipment reviews to ensure that amateur astronomers never miss those must-see events.
The sky at night is magical, alluring and often bewildering—which is why this first section of this publication is all about helping you learn the basics. Starting with the stars themselves, we will explain how these points of light are categorized by astronomers, why they sometimes shimmer or twinkle and how to use the constellations as signposts to find your way around and locate the denizens of the deep sky: star clusters, nebulae and galaxies.
...Emma's out of her depth—and things quickly get passionate in private as well as in public. Soon the girl-next-door is wishing the month of mistress make-believe will never end....
Erik Winslow is shocked to discover the slayer he trained has murdered...
No one knew what to expect when Night of the Living Dead debuted in 1968. More than five decades later, this low-budget independent movie still hasn't lost its power or influence: Night of the Living Dead became the prototype for how to make a modern horror masterpiece. This was the film that proved the genre could deliver much more than goofy monsters, bad special effects, and a few cheap thrills. It was as thought-provoking as it was gruesome.
...Jack Perdu, a shy, ninth grade classics prodigy lives with his father at Yale University. When he suffers a near fatal accident, Jack's father sends him to see a mysterious doctor in New York City-a place Jack hasn't been since his mother died here either years ago. In New York, Jack meets a girl named Euri who leads him into the city's Underworld, a place where those who died in New York reside until they are ready to move on. This, Jack believes,
...Celebrate 45 years of TV’s longest-running late-night sketch comedy show, Saturday Night Live, with this collector’s edition from PEOPLE. Go behind the scenes of every decade—from the original not ready for prime-time players to today’s star-studded political send ups. Includes more than 100 photographs of your favorite moments, unforgettable guest hosts, musical acts and the most hilarious sketches of the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and today.
...Sky at Night Magazine brings you The Apollo Story – your complete guide to the greatest journey in human history. The story begins with the disastrous fire that killed the crew of Apollo 1, continues through Neil Armstrong’s first steps on the Moon, and ends as the cost of space exploration halted the programme at Apollo 17. Packed with all the facts, figures and stories from each and every Apollo mission, as well as rare photographs, this
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