Anyone remember the pocket “Observer” books that offered us a beginners guide to things? I used to have the astronomy one and it was great as an introduction to all things cosmic. William Shatner narrates a sort of video equivalent here as we start with the Big Bang and whizz through time to the creation of galaxies, stars, planets, nebulae, super novas and big black holes. Using some animation and a few telescopic images, it regales us with facts galore about the sun, the solar system and even speculates about what might happen next - well, in the next five billion years. Whilst there are som…
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