About the Book: Seven Wonders Of The Milky Way
Blast off to the oldest star in our galaxy, zoom around planetary nebulae dubbed
"the butterflies of space," circle past humongous, ringed exoplanets and close
in on newly discovered orbs that just might support alien life. David Aguilar,
former Director of Science Information at the Harvard Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics and creator of Cosmic Catastrophes and Seven Wonders of the Solar
System, takes us on a unique space journey through the Milky Way. His
beautifully rendered, painterly images are based on the latest scientific
findings about our galaxy and are supported by lively, factual text about
celestial wonders such