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A New Scientist Book of the YearA Physics Today Book of the YearA Science News Book of the YearThe history of science is replete with women getting...

Shattered Dreams delves into the personal stories and recollections of several men and women who were in line to fly a specific or future space mis...

How hot is Venus? Can you distinguish between a pulsar and a quasar? Is there a universe or a multiverse? Where do we fit into the infinitely grand...

The story of the search for life on Marsand the moral issues confronting us as we prepare to send humans thereDoes life exist on Mars? The question...

The journey into space is a dangerous one, and although some aspects of space travel seem to be routine it still takes humanity to the limits of wh...

On October 1, 1958, the worlds first civilian space agency opened for business as an emergency response to the Soviet Unions launch of Sputnik a ye...

There''''s a whole universe out there...Imagine you had a spacecraft capable of travelling through interstellar space. You climb in, blast into orb...

Galaxies - the Milky Way's siblings - offer a surprising variety of forms and colours. Displaying symmetrical spiral arms, glowing red nebulae or d...

What We See in the Stars Kelsey Oseid is a richly illustrated guide to the myths, histories, and science of the celestial bodies of our solar syste...

The first edition of 'Hubble's Universe' displayed 300 pages of high-resolution celestial portraits selected by bestselling astronomy writer Terenc...

When the Apollo astronauts went to the moon, the whole world watched. When the Fly Me to the Moon art quilt challenge went out, it went global. Thi...

An in-depth guide for aspiring astronomers and Moon observers from the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Includes detailed Moon maps and covers the hist...

Here is the essential companion to Welcome to the Universe, a New York Times bestseller that was inspired by the enormously popular introductory as...

'Highly recommended' Financial Times Today we know of only a single planet that hosts life: the Earth. But across a Universe of at least 100 billi...

On two days in 1761 and 1769 hundreds of astronomers pointed their telescopes towards the skies to observe a rare astronomical event: the transit o...

A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARThe No.1 bestselling author of The Future of the Mind brings us a stunning new vision of our future in spaceHuman ci...

A detailed look at the Saturn V's design and construction and all 32 of its Apollo missions. Without the mighty Saturn V rocket, the Apollo 11...

A handy field guide for the best stargazing experience whether in your own back yard, camping, or travellingincluding information showing you which...

Curious about quarks, quasars and the fantastic universe around you? Ever wanted to explore a mathematical proof? Need some trigonometry fast? Want...

With plans to launch hotels into orbit and experiments in suspending and reanimating life for ultra-long-distance travel, private companies and ent...

Paul Davies' The Eerie Silence: Searching For Ourselves in the Universe is an engaging and lucid guide to the 'Fermi Paradox' - why isn't the unive...

A brilliant introductory guide to exploring the night sky, from the astronomers of the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Offering complete adv...

Today's photographic equipment allows amateurs to take pictures of the stars that far surpass images taken just a few decades ago by the largest ob...

From our own solar system to the edges of the universe, 50 Astronomy Ideas You Really Need to Know is your introduction to the most important conce...

A rare look at the southern skies' greatest glories. The celestial objects of the Southern Hemisphere are fascinating to astronomers everywhere. Th...

On 20 July 1969, man set foot on the moon. Motivated by politics, faith, science and wonder, the Apollo 11 mission was the greatest technical achie...

NASA's John F. Kennedy Space Center set the stage for the American adventure into space and went on to host a succession of rocket launches that ha...

For twenty-five years following the Voyager mission, scientists speculated about Saturn's largest moon, a mysterious orb clouded in orange haze. Fi...

A look up at the night sky reveals a treasury of wonders. Even to the naked eye, the Moon, stars, planets, the Milky Way and even a few star cluste...

The three greatest scientific mysteries, which remain poorly understood, are the origin of the universe, the origin of life and the development of ...

First Magnitude is an entry-level book for readers with brightly lit skies. Its purpose is to show them that all is not lost, that they can still e...

Combining the cartographic power of National Geographic and the breathtaking imagery of Hubble, Space Atlas is a one-stop guide to the planets in t...