The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End the World)

What has happened • What can happen • What will happen
By Dr Sara Webb

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About The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End the World)

Explore all the possible ways that the world can end, astrophysically speaking.

What, in the end, will signal the end of the world? It’s the question we all ponder, but what could actually happen? Our Earth is our tiny little haven in this chaotic universe, and it’s by sheer luck we are even here at all. The Little Book of Cosmic Catastrophes (That Could End the World) will explore a full breadth of astronomical conundrums, presenting complex ideas in bitesize, easy to digest segments in three parts.

Part 1 breaks down exactly what makes Earth so special, the beginning of the universe, how everything we know could not have existed at all, the fate of the world if our sun was born a twin, and how Jupiter could have gone from our friend to our foe. Part 2 gets out heart pumping, pondering all the things that could, in theory, happen anytime. From asteroid attacks and rogue blackholes to deadly gamma ray bursts and alien invasions. We get the facts, everything from how stars die to statistically predicting the existence of aliens. Part 3 covers the inevitable, what the future of the Universe will bring. From how our sun will die, to our collision course with andromeda and even the end of time. It’s not all doom and gloom though, the final chapter outlines where humans could go next, interstellar travel, and how we might locate Earth 2.0.

Book details

ISBN
9781923049253
Publication date
September 2024 ()
October 2024 (US)
October 2024 (UK)
Dimensions
195 mm × 160 mm
Extent
124 pages
Binding
Hardback

About the author

Dr. Sara Webb is an astrophysicist dedicated to sharing the wonders of astronomy and astrophysics with a wide audience. Her work includes chasing the fastest and rarest explosions in the universe and investigating how humans and AI will work together in the future. She is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia.