Navigate your way through a fantastic range of subjects with this visually spectacular new series. Every spread is brimming with lively text, amazing photographs and artworks, and weblinks and quotes. Panels throughout offer focused information on specific topics. Take an intergalactic adventure-from the neighbouring planets in the Solar System to our galaxy and beyond. Discover more about planets, stars, comets, black holes, galaxies, and astronauts. And look to the future to see possible designs for interstellar spaceships and find out how humans may establish colonies in space.

Author Biography

Dr Mike Goldsmith has a PhD in astrophysics from Keele University, awarded for research into variable supergiant stars and cosmic dust formation. Since 1999, Mike has written over 40 science books for children and adults. He is a co-author of The Encyclopedia of Everything.