The Universe is everythong there is. Our understanding of what that means, and our position in it, has changed considerably over the past few thousand years. Incredible leaps in the technology avalable to us means that finally we are able to get a true glimpse of its astounding complexity, mindboggling scale and, more than anything, its breathtaking beauty. It contains stars 1,700 times larger than our Sun, thousand of galaxies and innumerable displays of nature on its grandest scale. In this huge expanse of dark matter anything is possible; intrepid robotic explorers trundle along in the ethe exploration of Mars, there are lakes of lava and lakes of hydrocarbon, perhaps even planets that could support other civilisations. We can "see" the invisible Universe and try to catalogue a cosmos that changes daily, but how do we comprehend figures that are measured in light years? What does the death of a star look like? Can we visualise our place in the galaxy? Written by two expert astrophysicists, Cosmos: The Infographic Book of Space displays cuttingedge discoveries in stunning infographics to give a unique and starting new perspective on the secret of space.
