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A companion book to the critically acclaimed BBC series.

The bestselling authors of Wonders from the World are back again with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar Program as it hasn’t been seen before.

Mercury, a lifeless sufferer of the Sun’s expanding power. Venus, once thought to be about The Planets lush and fertile, now known to be caught within a harmful and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the red globe, doomed by the increased loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, double how big is the rest of the planets combined, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar Program. Uranus, the sideways globe and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, frosty and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock and roll.

Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take visitors on a voyage of breakthrough, from the fiery center of our Solar Program, to its mysterious outer reaches. They contact on the latest discoveries that have extended our understanding of the planets, their moons and exactly how they come to be, alongside recent stunning and mind-boggling NASA photography.