Experience the drama of the explosive cosmos and the astonishing discoveries being made about the universe''s wildest phenomena.
The violent birth of the universe was only the first bang of a very bumpy ride. This unfathomably cacophonous beginning has spawned blasts, implosions, cosmic cannibalism, collisions, and countless other fleeting energetic events punctuating the cosmos. Although often brief, these transient phenomena pack a powerful punch.
Armed with decades of theoretical progress, unrivaled computing power, and cutting-edge technology, astronomers find themselves at the cusp of understanding not just the events themselves, but also how those events reveal the story of the entire cosmos. In Things That Go Bump in the Universe,astronomer and science writer C. Ren-James introduces us to her colleagues around the world, who are using pioneering research techniques to explore everything from the very first explosions in the universe to the da
