Told through the fascinating 'diary' of the Universe itself, along with astronaut Tim Peake and a host of expert space STEM characters, this book takes children on a mind-blowing adventure to understand some of the REALLY BIG QUESTIONS about how our incredible universe came to be. How old is the universe? How hot was the Big Bang? How are stars made? What happens when galaxies collide? What is a Black Hole? Would you like to eat Cosmic Soup? ( No) Does extra-terrestrial life exist? What is the future of Planet Earth? Will humans ever live on another planet? The fascinating science behind some of these questions is explaining by STEM characters who occupy key space jobs - the space geologist, the cosmologist, the quantum physicist, the astronomer, and of course, the astronaut - who distil complex subjects with humour and playfulness, appealing to a kids hungry to know more about space, the universe and our place in it.
Author
Major Timothy Nigel "Tim" Peake CMG (born 7 April 1972) is a British Army Air Corps officer, European Space Agency astronaut and a former International Space Station (ISS) crew member. He is the first British ESA astronaut, the second astronaut to bear a British flag patch (the first was Helen Sharman, who visited Mir as part of Project Juno in 1991), the sixth person born in the United Kingdom to go on board the International Space Station (the first was NASA astronaut Michael Foale in 2003) and the seventh UK-born person in space. He began the ESA's intensive astronaut basic training course in September 2009 and graduated on 22 November 2010.
