M. : Eksmo, 2014. — 96 s. : il. — (100 best). — ISBN 978-5-699-71441-4 . The starry sky has long beckoned and beckoned us. This is not surprising, because we are the children of the universe in the most direct sense. Our planet, which seems so huge, is very small on a cosmic scale. Earth is part of the solar system a tiny part of the Milky Way galaxy, which, in turn, is part of a huge universe with an unimaginable number of galaxies. In the foreseeable future, it is not expected to be possible to overcome interstellar distances. However, human thought has been doing this for 400 years with telescopes, radio telescopes, automatic interplanetary stations, and orbital observatories. Mysterious and mysterious, beautiful and frightening outer space is full of amazing objects, acquaintance with which gives an amazing feeling of involvement in the mysteries of the universe. This book contains the true wonders of the universe.