From the discovery of entirely new kinds of galaxies to a window into the prehistory of the universe, Bothwell shows us the universe as weve never seen it before literally.

Since the dawn of our species, people all over the worldhave gazed inawe at the night sky.But for all the beauty and wonder of thestars, when we look with just our eyes we are seeing and appreciating only a tiny fraction of the Universe. What does the cosmos have in store for us beyond the phenomena we cansee, from black holes to supernovas? How different does the invisible Universe look from the home we thought we knew? Dr Matt Bothwell takes us on a journeythrough the full spectrum of light and beyond, revealing what we have learned about the mysteries of the Universe.

Thisbook is a guide to the ninety-nine per cent of cosmic reality we cant see the Universe that is hidden, right in front of our eyes.It is also the endpointof a scientific detective story thousands of years in the telling. It is a tourthrough our Invisible Universe.