萬物探索家：神秘的宇宙

引言................................................................7
宇宙的形式.......................................................8
創(chuàng)世故事..................................................................10
要素一：物質(zhì)...........................................................12
要素二：自然的基本力............................................16
要素三：隱藏的場和力............................................20
要素四：空間...........................................................22
要素五：時(shí)間...........................................................24
要素六：自然律.......................................................26
要素七：多元宇宙....................................................28
探索大爆炸......................................................30
時(shí)間零點(diǎn)..................................................................32
真空漲落和量子隧穿................................................34
宇宙發(fā)生學(xué)..............................................................36
大爆炸......................................................................40
暴脹與可見宇宙.......................................................44
火球輻射..................................................................46
核合成時(shí)代..............................................................50
宇宙背景輻射時(shí)代結(jié)束............................................52
暗物質(zhì)結(jié)構(gòu)..............................................................54
恒星演化.........................................................56
觀測恒星..................................................................58
作為恒星的太陽.......................................................60
恒星的誕生..............................................................64
恒星演化中期...........................................................68
恒星的死亡..............................................................70
超新星......................................................................72
超新星遺跡..............................................................74
黑洞.........................................................................76
黑洞合并——引力波................................................78
引力波宇宙..............................................................80
*早的恒星和星系..............................................82
星族Ⅲ——*早的恒星............................................84
紫外線充斥的宇宙....................................................86
元素富集的超新星....................................................88
年輕的星系..............................................................90
超大質(zhì)量黑洞的出現(xiàn)與成長.....................................92
星系團(tuán)開始變得普遍................................................96
活動(dòng)星系核............................................................100
銀河系超星系團(tuán)和局部宇宙地理............................102
銀河系..........................................................106
銀河系的基本天體構(gòu)成..........................................108
從內(nèi)向外探索銀河系的結(jié)構(gòu)...................................110
星族.......................................................................114
銀河系的形狀.........................................................118
銀河系、星系吞噬者..............................................122
行星系統(tǒng).......................................................124
原行星盤................................................................126
太陽系以外的行星..................................................128
行星的內(nèi)部結(jié)構(gòu).....................................................132
宜居帶....................................................................134
類地行星................................................................136
晚期重轟擊時(shí)代.....................................................138
太陽系..........................................................140
我們的家園：太陽系..............................................142
水星.......................................................................144
金星.......................................................................146
地球.......................................................................148
火星.......................................................................150
木星.......................................................................152
土星.......................................................................154
天王星....................................................................156
海王星....................................................................158
矮行星....................................................................160
行星的衛(wèi)星............................................................162
小行星....................................................................168
彗星.......................................................................170
隕石和小行星的威脅..............................................172
太空旅行.......................................................176
遙遠(yuǎn)的探險(xiǎn)............................................................178
載人探索................................................................180
星際旅行................................................................182
推進(jìn)技術(shù)................................................................186
結(jié)語.............................................................188
延伸閱讀.......................................................189
圖片來源....................................................190