Read Works Nasas Stardust Review Answer Key

• Home
• My Books

Open Preview

Run into a Problem?

We'd dearest your help. Let us know what'due south wrong with this preview of Catching Stardust by Natalie Starkey.

Cheers for telling usa virtually the problem.

Friend Reviews

To run into what your friends idea of this volume, please sign up.

Community Reviews

 · 103 ratings  · xix reviews

Start your review of Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Nativity of the Solar Organisation

Jun 19, 2018 Atila Iamarino rated it actually liked information technology

Uma ótima forma de entender a formação do sistema solar, da Terra e como meteoros e cometas tiveram um papel na criação eastward na extinção da vida aqui. Além de falar sobre os tipos de meteoritos e como eles explicam diferentes momentos na formação do sistema solar, Starkey passa pelas missões Stardust east Rosetta, falando sobre as descobertas, como ainda temos muito o que aprender sobre os cometas e o que o futuro reserva. Terminando com a possibilidade de mineração espacial e como podemos ficar esper Uma ótima forma de entender a formação do sistema solar, da Terra due east como meteoros due east cometas tiveram um papel na criação e na extinção da vida aqui. Além de falar sobre os tipos de meteoritos e como eles explicam diferentes momentos na formação do sistema solar, Starkey passa pelas missões Stardust e Rosetta, falando sobre equally descobertas, como ainda temos muito o que aprender sobre os cometas e o que o futuro reserva. Terminando com a possibilidade de mineração espacial east como podemos ficar espertos com o que vem na nossa direção. ...more

Rating: 2.five stars

This is an adequate, though lackluster, introductory text to solar system and Earth germination, with a heavy dose of asteroids and comets. The interesting chapters are those that deal with the various infinite missions to visit and sample comets and asteroids. The text is elementary and clear.

Whew. Finally. And yes, I'grand aware that should non be a reaction to finishing a book, but this one was but such an try. Originally selected for purposes of continuous self education and finished by sheer will power, this volume took a week to wade through, which is not only extremely uncharacteristic for me in full general, but just plainly wrong considering the relatively slender folio count. And for the record I am very interested in the subject area, having read extensively on and taking classes then o Whew. Finally. And yeah, I'm enlightened that should not be a reaction to finishing a book, but this ane was just such an attempt. Originally selected for purposes of continuous self teaching and finished by sheer volition ability, this volume took a calendar week to wade through, which is not only extremely uncharacteristic for me in general, just just obviously wrong considering the relatively slender page count. And for the record I am very interested in the subject area, having read extensively on and taking classes and so on. So it wasn't that. Information technology was definitely the execution. Nonfiction tin can exist tricky to get right, but the fundamental to popular science is a sure sort of accessibility that would arrive…well…popular. For me that doesn't hateful dumbing down the context, not at all, I very much bask the fact that the author is someone very well educated on the discipline and I strongly believe in reading upwardly (the literally equivalent of marrying upward), no, I'one thousand talking about the commitment, the right tone to convey the information in a way that makes learning exciting, the way it ought to be. This learning, sadly, felt very much like a chore. The writer made a choice of creating an nearly (not entirely) personality gratuitous presentation of facts, arid, humorless and tragically pedantic. The latter was especially frustrating and not just in constant repetitiveness of data, but besides in overexplaining, such every bit presolar…seriously, pre is a pretty cocky explanatory prefix, isn't it. While I completely accept the fact that the writer is most definitely more than knowledgeable than I am on the subject and possibly in general, beingness talked downwardly to (even though most probable unintentionally) just isn't all that enjoyable. The book featured no pictures or graphics (although this might be due to information technology beingness an ARC), just really that went perfectly well with the general thesis vibe. But all that bated, it is educational. You will larn about asteroids and comets and all the bully acronyms scientists utilize studying various celestial droppings. Some of this I knew and enjoyed revisiting, some of this was new. The autodidact in me was pleased, the reader in me was…tried. Look upwardly, look up, the space is a magical place, containing secrets untold well-nigh our past, present and future. The sum of electric current knowledge leaves a lot to be desired and much to speculation, simply in a grand scheme of things it's positively awe inspiring. Comets and asteroids might exist responsible for life on Globe, might be responsible for its annihilation as well. Terrifying range of power, really. Well worth learning about, albeit mayhap in a more compelling engaging way. Thanks Netgalley. ...more

It is a truth universally acknowledged that geology is by far the hardest topic to make interesting in popular scientific discipline. Nosotros're fine when it comes to stories of some of the characters of geological history, but as far as the geology itself, it'due south difficult to become excited. And then what better way to raise the involvement levels than to movement your geology* into space? This is what Natalie Starkey does in Catching Stardust. But does it work?

The master focus of Catching Stardust is comets and asteroids. What they

It is a truth universally acknowledged that geology is by far the hardest topic to make interesting in popular scientific discipline. We're fine when it comes to stories of some of the characters of geological history, but as far equally the geology itself, it'southward difficult to become excited. So what better manner to raise the interest levels than to move your geology* into space? This is what Natalie Starkey does in Communicable Stardust. Just does information technology work?

The main focus of Catching Stardust is comets and asteroids. What they are, where they came from, what they're made of (lots well-nigh what they're fabricated of) and their (literal) impact on Earth from potentially supplying water and amino acids to the destruction of the dinosaurs to the possibility of us getting a major strike in the time to come and what nosotros could practise to prevent it.

In that location's certainly plenty to involvement us hither, and though the focus is primarily on those space objects, Starkey gives united states a fair amount on how the Earth and the Moon formed - in fact, the whole solar system - non limiting the content to asteroids and comets. In doing so, she introduced the most tautly stretched analogy I've come beyond in a long while. The solar system is compared to a city 'with the different parts of it as neighbourhoods.' It's difficult to see how this analogy helps understand anything, especially when nosotros read, for instance that earlier the planets formed the solar system was a swirling cloud of gas and grit: 'If nosotros want to draw on the Solar-Organisation-as-a-city metaphor hither, we tin can think of this as the peaceful and luscious dark-green countryside existing earlier our urban center was built.' Well, not simply does a swirling cloud of gas and dust accept a limited resemblance to anything green and lush, the metropolis isn't fabricated out of grass. The approach doesn't help, simply luckily it peters out later on a while.

Where Starkey is at her all-time is when she is talking about space technology. For instance, her description of the use of dust collectors at high altitude to collect space grit, of the various missions to asteroids and comets (who could forget plucky Philae?) and in because the possibilities and pitfalls of space mining. In these sections, the writing actually comes alive.

Unfortunately, more half the book focuses on the geological aspects of asteroids and comets and the Earth and then forth. And, sadly, here the curse of geological pop scientific discipline is fulfilled. Information technology is tough going, non helped by an overload of the academic tendency to want to be very precise and give lots of details that don't assist get the story across. These sections just lack any narrative drive - in that location'southward picayune to latch onto if you don't have an abiding involvement in geology.

This lack of storytelling is compounded past the way information is put across. Take a section where Starkey spends a couple of pages talking about the way labs work. Useful for us to know, just described in far too general terms. Then we become: 'There are many, many possibilities for the further analysis of IDPs [interplanetary grit particles - she uses acronyms a lot], depending on what exactly needs to be investigated to answer the scientists' queries.... The work a scientist can accomplish is usually very much dependent on the budget constraints of the laboratory they work in, as this controls what scientific equipment is available to them... When a scientist establishes that further laboratory investigations are required on a sample, for instance to exam a new hypothesis, just they don't have the right equipment available in their laboratory to bear them out, they will often aim to collaborate with other scientists...' It feels more similar an undergraduate essay than a book.

If comets and asteroids are of interest to you, I don't want to put you off. Yous will certainly proceeds a considerable amount of knowledge from Catching Stardust. But the NASA representative who describes this as an 'activity-packed narrative' on the back needs to become out more.

* Strictly, since 'geology' is literally virtually the Earth, this is probably an oxymoron.

...more

Recently my married woman and I went upwards to our town park (AKA low light pollution site) on iii unlike nights to come across Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE. With a pair of binoculars, that nosotros keep for bird watching, nosotros were able to observe the comet and its tail as information technology made its way around the dominicus. One dark, with the assistance of friendly neighbors, nosotros were able to spot the comet, Saturn, Jupiter, and the International Space Station all at the same time, an amazing and awe inspiring event.

Since I am the designated "infinite

Recently my married woman and I went upwardly to our boondocks park (AKA low light pollution site) on 3 dissimilar nights to encounter Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE. With a pair of binoculars, that we keep for bird watching, we were able to observe the comet and its tail as information technology fabricated its mode around the lord's day. Ane night, with the assistance of friendly neighbors, we were able to spot the comet, Saturn, Jupiter, and the International Space Station all at the same time, an astonishing and awe inspiring outcome.

Since I am the designated "space geek" of the family, my wife asked me to tell her about comets. I gave her the standard, "you know, they are space objects that orbit the sun every few decades or longer. They are dingy snowballs and, as they go near the sun, parts of them vaporize and that becomes the comets tail."

Of class, I realized that I really didn't know a comet from a meteoroid and, more importantly, what in the earth was a NEOWISE. So, I went looking for a volume to read to proceeds a picayune noesis and to restore my self-respect and geek status. I found that most all of the books in the library about comets and astroids were YA books and I was looking for something a flake more scientifically detailed. Fortunately, I plant Natalie Starkey's Catching Stardust.

Starkey is a geologist and cosmochemist - 1 of those fields that my loftier schoolhouse guidance advisor definitely did not tell me about nor fix me for. Her focus is comet and asteroid samples and she really knows her stuff!

This is a very interesting volume on a number of planes. She goes into cracking detail telling you what nosotros know, and exercise not know, almost asteroids and comets from the Asteroid and Kuiper belts likewise as from the Oort Cloud. She tells yous about rocky vs snowy objects and early on germination vs extrasolar objects. She talks about amino acids and water and space grit. In other words, Starkey tells you lot everything you wanted to know, and more, almost comets and asteroids.

There are great chapters virtually both the NASA (National Aeronautic and Space Assistants) and ESA (European Space Agency) Stardust and Rosetta missions to interface with comets as they sped through our expanse of space. Truly these missions are the apex of homo scientific achievement and almost people have never heard of them.

While most of us are aware of the fact that a big space object hitting Earth and wiped out over 80% of life here, including the dinosaurs, we go almost our everyday lives non worrying about the side by side touch. Personally, I do worry about an asteroid or falling star life extinction outcome. All of the infinite scientists agree that i is definitely 1 coming, we only do not know when. So, I was somewhat relieved to learn that the NEOWISE comet was named for the NEOWISE mission which uses a space telescope to hunt for asteroids and comets, including those that could pose a threat to Earth. Unfortunately, in one case we spot one in that location we accept done footling to prepare for it or to protect life on earth.

We spend billions of dollars developing bombs to blow up our fellow human beings merely hardly whatsoever pregnant funding goes to protect u.s.a. from a globe ending event from infinite. Nosotros really are a fragile blue marble in the vastness of infinite. What volition information technology accept for us to know that all of us are similar human being beings. Our DNA is 99.9 percent identical. To paraphrase the Youngbloods, "Come up on people now. Smile on your brother (and sister). Everybody get together. Endeavor to dearest ane another. Right now."

...more than

Sep 09, 2018 Hamid rated it information technology was amazing

There is so much for you lot to learn in this wonderful book. Starkey does a fabulous job of writing a pop science volume well-nigh space geology, even though this is her commencement book. And let's face it; trying to popularize geology is an arduous task. I knew a little nearly comets and asteroids already, but this book was definitely a refresher and at the same time added a wealth of data to my knowledge. If you are groovy to learn more about our solar system and how information technology was formed and why asteroids and c There is then much for you lot to learn in this wonderful volume. Starkey does a fabulous job of writing a popular science book about space geology, fifty-fifty though this is her first book. And let's face it; trying to popularize geology is an arduous task. I knew a little about comets and asteroids already, simply this volume was definitely a refresher and at the aforementioned time added a wealth of data to my knowledge. If you are keen to acquire more well-nigh our solar arrangement and how it was formed and why asteroids and comets are important objects for u.s.a. to report, you need to check this book. For instance, Information technology'due south interesting to know that possibly we wouldn't exist here if it wasn't for comets delivering an affluence of h2o to Earth, fifty-fifty though new theories and models propose that World had already some water to begin with. Yes, Earth was born wet. Well, there'southward a flip side to this coin. The same comets and asteroids that brought water and other resources necessary for life to kickoff, could one day pose a threat to u.s.a.. Of grade there may be no immediate danger, however, it's still a affair of some urgency. Hence a demand for us to study these objects and go to know them better and discover out ways to deflect them in instance one is on a standoff course to Earth. Such collisions could terminate u.s.a. permanently. Furthermore, asteroids and comets comprise a wealth of valuable metals and resources. Starkey likewise talks near space missions to comets and asteroids. Two such missions were Stardust and Rosetta. She elaborates on how such missions are controlled. We might even be able to mine these objects i 24-hour interval. All in all, this volume is an easy read. There's no rockets science involved. Information technology's a must-read for anyone who likes to know more most space geology. ...more

Jan 01, 2019 Misha rated it liked it

While the volume covers a range of interesting topics, I didn't really savor the style of writing. The author keeps repeating several points over and over again in nearly the exact same wording. At the aforementioned time, the author frequently uses abbreviations, which had me flip back and along to wait up the definitions of those. More than a piece of work of popular science, it made the book read like a set of lecture notes, with diagrams and equations replaced by superfluous caption.

Regardless, I do think th

While the book covers a range of interesting topics, I didn't really savour the mode of writing. The writer keeps repeating several points over and over once more in virtually the exact same wording. At the same time, the author frequently uses abbreviations, which had me flip back and forth to look up the definitions of those. More than a work of popular science, information technology made the book read similar a set up of lecture notes, with diagrams and equations replaced by superfluous caption.

Regardless, I do recollect the book is worth reading, and I did learn a bunch new stuff, the author is clearly an expert.

...more

Mar 20, 2021 Jake rated it liked it

Perchance I have been spoiled past the visual wonders of HD computer-animated space exploration documentaries. Seeing a visually grand rendering accompanied past a grand orchestral soundtrack is difficult to vanquish. However, I love a great volume merely every bit much. I greet new books with loftier hopes. Then I confess I found myself rather disappointed by Catching Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Nascency of the Solar System.

Natalie Starkey'south debut pop science book takes the reader on a comprehensive tour of the solar

Possibly I have been spoiled past the visual wonders of Hard disk drive computer-animated space exploration documentaries. Seeing a visually chiliad rendering accompanied by a grand orchestral soundtrack is hard to beat. Still, I love a great book just equally much. I greet new books with high hopes. So I confess I found myself rather disappointed by Communicable Stardust: Comets, Asteroids and the Birth of the Solar System.

Natalie Starkey'south debut pop science volume takes the reader on a comprehensive tour of the solar system's origin and evolution. The book succeeds in relating its cognition. Information technology exhibits an overall flow well-suited for amateur readers like me. We come across things from young to sometime, from near the sun to far abroad, from tiny to gigantic. Scale, especially the vast scale of geologic time, is something this volume provides wonderfully.

Moreover, Dr. Starkey is at her best making statements like these: "…a hypothesis is merely a prediction of what might take occurred and the only way to test whether information technology is correct is past gathering data and seeing how they fit the hypothesized model." That'due south good stuff! The word hypothesis, and the mode she defines information technology, needs to exist used more oftentimes, especially by amateurs like me who only seem to know the give-and-take theory and who use it besides broadly.

Catching Stardust likewise gives readers the highlights from important planetary science missions in recent years, with entire chapters devoted to the Stardust and Rosetta missions. These were some of my favorite passages, along with the no-nonsense chapter on the risk of catastrophic falling star and comet impacts. And I'll never fault a science communicator beating the drum for more than planetary scientific discipline missions.

Yet, I came away from this volume a bit disappointed. Perhaps I was hoping for something more personal and conversational. This is a choice all popular science works must make: how front and center do y'all put the author as researcher, explorer, and evangelist? Catching Stardust largely forsakes a personal narrative and focuses almost entirely on facts and figures. I often felt myself bogged down in prose devoted to the minutia of its subject area. My mind felt inundated by the rate and volume of specialized details. The cumulative effect was to leave the field of study feeling esoteric. In its prose commitment, this book feels closer to a textbook, or even sometimes a research article abstruse. Those approaches are essential to furthering inquiry and knowledge, but they are as well non popular science as I empathize it.

If, similar me, you are deeply into exploring the exploration of space, Catching Stardust may be a worthwhile read. I cannot recommend it as an introduction to the material. That said, I have too heard Dr. Starkey appear on StarTalk Radio, where I became enlightened of this book. And as she is passionate and knowledgeable about a discipline of which I am an enthusiast, I promise to see more work from her. She has another book in the works, Fire & Ice: The Volcanoes of the Solar System. As was the case with this book, I detect the bailiwick irresistible.

...more

Mar 26, 2018 Tess rated information technology information technology was amazing

Having approached this book every bit someone who was aggressively boilerplate at science in school, I was pleasantly surprised at how readable information technology was for me. While I had to draw upon every single bit of my retained knowledge from school, none of the information presented felt inaccessible to me. I started it immediately after finishing a frothy fiction, and so I had a scrap of problem focusing at get-go. I decided to offset at the last chapter, which I found fascinating and terrifying in equal measure out. Then I ci Having approached this volume equally someone who was aggressively average at science in school, I was pleasantly surprised at how readable it was for me. While I had to draw upon every single bit of my retained knowledge from school, none of the data presented felt inaccessible to me. I started it immediately later finishing a frothy fiction, so I had a bit of problem focusing at showtime. I decided to offset at the final affiliate, which I found fascinating and terrifying in equal measure. Then I circled back and started again, this time with my interest fully captured. I disagree with the previous reviewer who didn't find the book exciting enough--having heard very little about the Rosetta and Stardust missions before, I institute myself rooting for that little lander almost as much as I exercise any fictional character whom I want to succeed; it was no less exciting for being a nonfictional, nonhuman "character" whose action happened in the past.
I likewise plant it a surprisingly emotional read. I oasis't spent much time learning near the vastness of our universe and the incredibly infinitesimal territory humanity occupies in both infinite and time, and I plant myself beingness equal parts inspired by the accomplishments of my young man humans, and despairing at the seeming futility of our being. Non exactly the emotions I expected upon picking upwardly a scientific discipline book.
I've read other reviews that mentioned the book's repetitiveness as a negative thing, but I establish having certain details repeated very helpful for my retention of the data. If it's truly meant to exist a pop scientific discipline book, writing for the benefit of the lowest common denominator only makes the information more accessible to those of united states who otherwise may get confused and disengage from the material entirely.
I programme to read it again once I've given the material some time to digest, and I may accept more insights upon a second reading. Just I will wholeheartedly recommend it to everyone I know who has even the slightest involvement in learning about infinite! ...more than

Dec 04, 2018 Steve Stanton rated it information technology was astonishing

This new science book is an intriguing summary of the emerging field of cosmochemistry. By studying samples from asteroids, comets, planets, moons, and interstellar dust, scientists can determine the origin and history of our solar system. Isotopic analysis reveals the "fingerprints" of molecular compounds, telling us how close to a sun they were formed, and past comparison our solar organization to other younger solar nebula visible in the heavens, we can put together a adequately reliable model of planetar This new science book is an intriguing summary of the emerging field of cosmochemistry. By studying samples from asteroids, comets, planets, moons, and interstellar dust, scientists can determine the origin and history of our solar system. Isotopic analysis reveals the "fingerprints" of molecular compounds, telling usa how close to a dominicus they were formed, and past comparing our solar system to other younger solar nebula visible in the heavens, we tin put together a fairly reliable model of planetary formation. Our solar organisation had a particularly crude history, and then the basic model is just a starting indicate to a standing puzzle. A quick look at the moon shows the dramatic event of the Late Heavy Bombardment menstruum, which left numerous large craters on the surface as cloth was exchanged between inner and outer layers of the solar system. Indeed, the moon itself is thought to have cleaved off from Earth after a catastrophic collision with an icy asteroid that may accept supplied fresh water to our planet. (The remaining land mass appears to have been spreading autonomously into continents always since, possibly to balance out the void.) Natalie Starkey besides devotes a affiliate to the feasibility and necessity of asteroid mining in the near future. She points to an infinite treasure trove of building materials and fresh water waiting in stable orbit for the expansion of the human race into space. According to the author, the dwarf planet, Ceres, has more h2o than planet World, and a unmarried metallic asteroid might incorporate a trillion dollars worth of rare minerals. This book is highly recommended. ...more

Aug 05, 2019 Barb rated it it was amazing

This was ane of the absolute best nonfiction books I've e'er read- though nearly of that is due to the fact that I dearest learning about space. However, it really is a well-written science book.

This was written in an engaging, understandable, organized fashion- much different almost science-themed nonfic I'm familiar with. I am a novice when information technology comes to space science, but this book fabricated it possible for me to empathize the basics, and scientifically engage in adequate thought about the textile. I actually

This was one of the absolute best nonfiction books I've ever read- though about of that is due to the fact that I dearest learning most space. Withal, it actually is a well-written scientific discipline volume.

This was written in an engaging, understandable, organized manner- much unlike nigh scientific discipline-themed nonfic I'g familiar with. I am a novice when it comes to space science, but this book made it possible for me to understand the basics, and scientifically appoint in adequate idea virtually the textile. I really enjoyed it, I felt similar I learned a TON, and I feel similar I have a improve grasp on space science of which I am very interested (albeit nonetheless a novice).

If y'all are interested in space themed scientific discipline; or fifty-fifty just curious near reading up on some space basics- this is a good identify to start. It's worthwhile for both the seasoned infinite explorer as well as for novices.

...more

*Book provided via NetGalley for an honest review.

Starkey takes united states on a consummate bout of all things comet and asteroid. From their chemical makeup and physical appearance to their probable roles in our past and future. There are capacity defended to the mining of asteroids, protecting Earth from asteroids, and missions from space stations effectually the earth landing on comets and collecting their dust for written report. I now know so much more well-nigh comets and asteroids than I did. I even got a scrap of a c

*Book provided via NetGalley for an honest review.

Starkey takes u.s. on a complete tour of all things comet and asteroid. From their chemic makeup and concrete appearance to their probable roles in our by and time to come. There are chapters dedicated to the mining of asteroids, protecting Globe from asteroids, and missions from infinite stations around the world landing on comets and collecting their dust for study. I at present know so much more about comets and asteroids than I did. I even got a bit of a chemistry and geology refresher. Information technology was definitely written at a level for casual readers and I profoundly appreciate that. This is definitely a skilful book for any amateur astronomer or anyone wondering why comets and asteroids are so important.

...more

Sep 05, 2018 Tanwen Cooper rated it really liked it

Engagingly written, I found this very easy to read given the subject area matter. At that place were a few times that the text slipped into excessive initialisation (all defined just all the same set to get lost in). Even though I'yard already familiar with the subject i even so learned a lot, with lots of fun anecdotes and factoids along the way. Starkey's enthusiasm for her field of study is clear... and infectious. Engagingly written, I found this very easy to read given the subject thing. At that place were a few times that the text slipped into excessive initialisation (all defined simply still ready to get lost in). Even though I'm already familiar with the subject i still learned a lot, with lots of fun anecdotes and factoids along the manner. Starkey's enthusiasm for her subject is clear... and infectious. ...more than

An excellent slice of popular science, Communicable Stardust champions the relevance of enquiry on comets and asteroids, whether as frozen time capsules or future mining quarries. See my full review at https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2019... An splendid piece of popular science, Catching Stardust champions the relevance of research on comets and asteroids, whether as frozen time capsules or future mining quarries. See my total review at https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2019... ...more than

May 06, 2020 Malrey rated it it was amazing

This book is an enjoyable read start to terminate. From our quest to study these ancient rocks, which may concord the secrets of our origins to future mining operations, Natalie Starkey held my involvement through the unabridged book.

Amazing mind blowing facts about Comets and asteroids

I'm a beginner in learning astronomy. I constitute this book more helpful in knowing various cool facts about astroids and comets. Writer explored
star dust and rosseta missions in details those were amazing chapters.

Amazing mind blowing facts nearly Comets and asteroids

I'g a beginner in learning astronomy. I establish this volume more helpful in knowing various cool facts about astroids and comets. Author explored
star grit and rosseta missions in details those were astonishing chapters.

...more

There were some interesting -- fascinating really - bits virtually how to manipulate objects in space. Other than that, most of read like a transcribed notebook.

Feb 25, 2019 Alex rated it actually liked it

There was nothing incorrect with the volume it's just that I am not that big of a fan of non-fiction but this book was quite intriguing. I particularly liked chapter 9. There was naught wrong with the book it's just that I am not that big of a fan of non-fiction but this book was quite intriguing. I particularly liked chapter 9. ...more

Jul 13, 2021 Wathik rated it information technology was amazing

There is so much for you to larn in this wonderful book. Starkey does a fabled job of writing a pop-science book about space geology

Natalie Starkey is a geochemist and author. Following a PhD at Edinburgh Academy studying Arctic volcanoes, Natalie'south post-doctoral work at The Open University shifted her enquiry focus to comets and asteroids. She has analysed hundreds of pieces of stardust, samples from space missions to comets and asteroids, and many meteorites. Natalie has worked on samples from the NASA Stardust and JAXA Natalie Starkey is a geochemist and writer. Post-obit a PhD at Edinburgh University studying Arctic volcanoes, Natalie'south mail-doctoral work at The Open University shifted her research focus to comets and asteroids. She has analysed hundreds of pieces of stardust, samples from space missions to comets and asteroids, and many meteorites. Natalie has worked on samples from the NASA Stardust and JAXA Hayabusa missions and was a co-investigator on i of the ESA Rosetta lander instruments.

Natalie's passion for her research makes her a nifty scientific discipline communicator. She received a British Scientific discipline Clan Media Fellowship in 2013 and a SEPnet media communications award the same year. Natalie is a scientific discipline host on Neil deGrasse Tyson's popular StarTalk Radio and her freelance writing includes work for the Guardian, The Conversation website, All Nearly Space, BBC Science Focus and New Scientist. Natalie is currently an Outreach and Public Date Officer for Physical Sciences at The Open up University in the UK.

...more

News & Interviews

Looking for something ballsy, stellar, or far out? Perhaps a bit dystopian? And so these authors are your chosen ones to read side by side! Nosotros asked...

"Life has made our planet the place it is, interacting with the geology and incorporating itself into the ground rock that makes up Earth. But we must remember that we are quite literally made of stardust and we will, in the far and distant future, when our Sunday has taken its terminal breaths, return to stardust once over again" — 3 likes

More than quotes…

Welcome back. Just a moment while we sign y'all in to your Goodreads account.

betancourtwhoove.blogspot.com

Source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36762540-catching-stardust

Share this post