Space, the whole whizz-bang story

the long version

"What is the universe? What would happen if you were flying a apaceship near a black hole? How do we know that stars and galaxies are billions of years old? Gleen Murphy answers these and a lot of other brilliant questions in this funny and informative book. Packed with doodles and information about all sorts of incredible things, like supermassive black holes, galaxies, telescopes, planets, solar flares, constellations, eclipses, and red dwarfs, this book has no boring bits!"--Back cover.