Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (for the Cosmically Curious)

Michael Wall
Adult Nonfiction - 576.839 Wal

A layman's guide to the cosmos is arranged in a question-and-answer format to discuss astronomy, physics, the possibility of extraterrestrial life, the practical realities of life for humans in outer space, and insights into space exploration.


Explore Space

  • Spaceflight: The Complete Story, from Sputnik to Curiosity


  • Out There: A Scientific Guide to Alien Life, Antimatter, and Human Space Travel (for the Cosmically Curious)


  • The Space Barons: Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and the Quest to Colonize the Cosmos


  • Moon Rush: The New Space Race


  • Gravity's Century: From Einstein's Eclipse to Images of Black Holes


  • Universal Life: An Inside Look Behind the Race to Discover Life Beyond Earth


  • Apollo's Legacy: Perspectives on the Moon Landings


  • Earth-shattering: Violent Supernovas, Galactic Explosions, Biological Mayhem, Nuclear Meltdowns, and Other Hazards to Life in Our Universe


  • The Soviet Space Program: The Lunar Mission Years, 1959-1976


  • American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race


  • Wally Funk's Race for Space: The Extraordinary Story of a Female Aviation Pioneer


  • The Cosmic Mystery Tour: A High-speed Journey Through Space & Time


  • Universe: From 13.8 Billion Years Ago to the Infinite Future


  • Space Stations: The Art, Science, and Reality of Working in Space


  • Cosmos


  • Our Universe: An Astronomer's Guide


  • Dispatches From Planet 3: Thirty-two (Brief) Tales on the Solar System, the Milky Way, and Beyond


  • Space Utopia: A Journey Through the History of Space Exploration from the Apollo and Sputnik Programmes to the Next Mission to Mars


  • Shoot for the Moon: The Space Race and the Extraordinary Voyage of Apollo 11