What does dark energy look like? Or the awesome phenomenon of cosmic cannibalism, when immense black holes swallow entire solar systems? Preeminent NASA illustrator Dana Berry makes these and many other unseen wonders of the cosmos visible as never before, revealing a universe that we can’t see even with our most powerful orbiting telescopes and that scientists can only imagine.

Drawing on his extraordinary access to NASA’s archives and the latest data from the Hubble Space Telescope and a range of other space missions, Berry showcases an unprecedented and spectacular selection of photographs and original full-color illustrations that capture the most magnificent astronomical phenomena. He complements these with clear, up-to-date, and straightforward explanations of the latest space discoveries and theories—from the explosive origins of our own universe to the possible existence of countless others beyond it.