The study of astronomy offers an unlimited opportunity to obtain a deeper understanding of our planet, the solar system, galaxy milk, and the known universe. Using the Linglanguage approach that has proven to be very popular in the other Fleisch student guides, this book is ideal for the largest of the notices that take introductory astronomy courses. The authors face the problems that students find more problematic, in subjects ranging from stars and from gravity and black holes. Dozens of fully processed examples and more than 150 exercises and trouble activities help readers face concepts in every chapter. A website that accompanies it has a large number of support materials, including interactive solutions for each exercise and problem in the text and a series of video podcasts in which the authors explain the important concepts of each section of the book.