Cosmic Collisions: Supergiant vs. Neutron Star
April 15, 2025 by MIT Kids Press
After the tense battle of Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid vs. Comet, Dr. Marc. Kuchner, an astrophysicist, is back with another supposed altercation. In a knock down, drag out fight, who would be the winner: a supergiant or a neutron star? It there were two red supergiants, but one exploded, what would happen?
Giving great descriptions of the contenders and also their place in the universe, with plenty of statistics, this also has a lot of humor. In describing the heat of a supergiant, we find out that it has 100,000 as much power as our Sun and that we "would roast like a weenie dropped in a campfire"! Additional important information, such as an explanation of nuclear fusion, is also shared.
There is some guessing involved, since a note at the back explains that there has never been a head on collision like th one in this story. It is a good way to explore lots of different topics, however, and the narration makes this science engaging.
Spaced obsessed kids will turn to this epic battle again and again, and it's a great addition to a constellation of space books that includes Morancy's How to Survive on the Moon: Lunar Lessons from a Rocket Scientist, de la Bedoyere's My First Guide to Space, Vavagiakis's I'm a Black Hole (Meet the Universe), and Hodgson's When Moon Became the Moon.
April 15, 2025 by MIT Kids Press
Copy provided by Young Adult Books Central
After the tense battle of Cosmic Collisions: Asteroid vs. Comet, Dr. Marc. Kuchner, an astrophysicist, is back with another supposed altercation. In a knock down, drag out fight, who would be the winner: a supergiant or a neutron star? It there were two red supergiants, but one exploded, what would happen?
Giving great descriptions of the contenders and also their place in the universe, with plenty of statistics, this also has a lot of humor. In describing the heat of a supergiant, we find out that it has 100,000 as much power as our Sun and that we "would roast like a weenie dropped in a campfire"! Additional important information, such as an explanation of nuclear fusion, is also shared.
There is some guessing involved, since a note at the back explains that there has never been a head on collision like th one in this story. It is a good way to explore lots of different topics, however, and the narration makes this science engaging.
Spaced obsessed kids will turn to this epic battle again and again, and it's a great addition to a constellation of space books that includes Morancy's How to Survive on the Moon: Lunar Lessons from a Rocket Scientist, de la Bedoyere's My First Guide to Space, Vavagiakis's I'm a Black Hole (Meet the Universe), and Hodgson's When Moon Became the Moon.
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