Karen Taschek is the author of fourteen young adult books on horses, including Horse of Seven Moons, the prequel to The Risen Horse. She is the author of Death Stars, Weird Galaxies, and a Quasar-Spangled Universe and Hanging with Bats, and is coeditor for the Barbara Guth Worlds of Wonder Science Series for Young Readers (University of New Mexico Press).
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A Tour of the Very Large Array; Probing the Planets: Red-Hot, Icy Mercury Killer Winds on Jupiter, and Summering on Uranus; Doughnuts in Space: The Life and Explosive End of Stars Like the Sun; Death Stars and Starving Black Holes; A Zoo of Galaxies; Index.
"In her nonfiction debut, Taschek writes in lean, lively prose that suits the powerful phenoma under discussion...the book offers a visually rich overview of the problems currently preoccupying astronomers..." ..."Taschek takes the reader 'out of this world' via the VLA." "The current, authoritative, and interesting text contains data that would be useful in research and gives a good sense of how telescopes are changing our view of the universe." "Ably authored, and historically concise.."Death Stars, Weird Galaxies, and a Quasar-Spangled Universe" is very highly recommended as a complete, active, thorough, and exclusive coverage of the fascinating world of the discoveries made with the technology of modern astronomical sciences for readers of all ages." "In this unique and fun-to-read book, Taschek explores the VLA's role in studying awesome processes like star formation and supernova explosions."