Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe

Prepare for liftoff with a sweeping new book on the universe from the world's most celebrated astrophysicist, brimming with wit, authority, and laugh-out-loud humor. Filled with 5,000 tantalizing facts and more than 300 charts, maps, and photographs, this book offers a dazzling look at the cosmos from our home planet to the farthest reaches of outer space. Strap in for a thrilling journey through our solar system to the edge of the cosmos.This alluring treasury of 5,000 facts will take you there and back again, learning and laughing all the way. With an eye-popping design and bold illustrations, Lost in Space takes on humanity’s exploration of the universe-telescopes, space missions, planets, moons, exoplanets, stars, galaxies, and more-backed by signature scientific know-how and a large dose of hilarity.In these pages, you’ll discover that:100 trillion neutrinos pass through your body every second. If you weigh 150 pounds on Earth, you’d weigh 380 pounds on Jupiter. In 500 billion yea