This book is part of a book series called Mysteries Of .

There are 40 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Penguin Books Ltd .

Nigel Hawkes is an experienced children's non-fiction writer. He has written may books on science, technology and apace subjects.

This book has the following chapters: Introduction to the mysteries. The mysterious universe: the first mysteries; changing views of the universe. The solar system: the sun and its planets; the mysterious moons. Stars and galaxies: comets and shooting stars; the starry skies. Exploring the universe: observignm the universe; fantastic voyages. The future of the universe: is there anybody out there?; the unsolved mysteries. Tine line.