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The Asteroid Hunter: A Scientist's Journey to the Dawn of our Solar
A "captivating, behind-the-scenes account" of NASA's historic OSIRIS-REx mission to return an asteroid sample and unlock the mystery of formation on life on earth braided with the remarkable life story...
The Copernicus Complex: The Quest for Our Cosmic (In)Significance
Though the concept of "the universe" suggests the containment of everything, the latest ideas in cosmology hint that our universe may be just one of a multitude of others-a single...
The Allure of the Multiverse: Extra Dimensions, Other Worlds, and
The long history of one of physics' most enticing ideas: that the universe we know isn't the only one? Our books, our movies-our imaginations-are obsessed with extra dimensions, alternate timelines,...
50 Universe Ideas You Really Need to Know
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Jo Baker introduces and explains all of the essential concepts, major discoveries and the very latest thinking in astrophysics.From heliocentrism to Newton's theory...
Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilisation
Bringing his cosmic perspective to civilization on Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, shines new light on the crucial fault lines of our...
Extrasolar Planets
This 2007 volume presents the lectures from the sixteenth Winter School of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, which was dedicated to extrasolar planets. Research into extrasolar planets is one...
2025 Guide to the Night Sky Southern Hemisphere: A month-by-month guide to exploring the skies above Australia, New Zealand and South Africa
The ideal gift for all amateur and seasoned astronomers.A comprehensive handbook to the planets, stars and constellations visible from the southern hemisphere. 6 pages for each month covering January-December 2025....
Black Holes: The key to understanding the universe
A brilliant exploration of the most exotic objects in the universe by Professor Brian Cox and Professor Jeff Forshaw. At the heart of the Milky Way, there is a distortion...
Cosmic Womb: The Seeding of Planet Earth
Compelling evidence that life, intelligence, and evolution on Earth were seeded by comets and cosmic intelligence * Explains how life first came from interstellar dust and comets and how later...
Science Fiction: Voyage to the Edge of Imagination
Author: Glyn MorganFormat: Hardback, 210mm x 245mm, 1420g, 288 pagesPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, United Kingdom, 2022A compelling, fully illustrated account of the worldwide phenomenon of science fiction as depicted...