Author Description

Have you ever wished that you could journey to a whole new world? My book "Space 2020's: What's Up There?" takes you on journeys to many incredible new worlds in space. The worlds are mysterious, magnificent, beautiful and just being discovered in deep space. In many cases, these celestial worlds being found by powerful space telescopes like Hubble take you to the very edges of distant space never seen before. These are journeys of discoveries in both space and time.The latest space discoveries that we showcase include baby stars being born, Earth-like planets that could contain some form of life, galaxies light years away with billions of stars, an exotic planet raining diamonds, beautiful and massive supernovas, wrong-way meteorites, space tsunamis, distant planets with double sunsets, black holes, black matter, a star that's older than the universe and so much more. We also chronicle the search for life - extraterrestrial life - in the universe that NASA is spearheading.These space discoveries and space missions by NASA, the European Space Agency, astronomers at universities and global space agencies, including China, offer time-travel trips to the creation of stars and planets billions of years ago. In some case, these discoveries will carry you to the very dawn of the Universe. These exciting discoveries are re-defining our perceptions of space and pushing deeper and deeper into the farthest reaches of the vast Universe around us. Get ready for a journey into space!