astronomy deep dive

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10 participants (30 books)

01 Jan 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

There’s reading broadly and hyperfixating, and this is for hyperfixating on space.

Challenge Books

All books added
Life in our Universe by Laird Close

Life in our Universe

The Great Courses: Astronomy

Laird Close

12 hours, 2 minutes • audio • 2019

nonfiction science
Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Kelsey Johnson

Into the Unknown: The Quest to Understand the Mysteries of the Cosmos

Kelsey Johnson

12 hours, 14 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction nature science adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
The Planets by Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen

The Planets

Wonders of Brian Cox #7

Brian Cox, Andrew Cohen

615 pages • digital • 2019 user-added

nonfiction science adventurous informative medium-paced
Black Holes Explained by Alex Filippenko

Black Holes Explained

The Great Courses #1841

Alex Filippenko

6 hours, 19 minutes • audio • 2009

nonfiction science
Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System by James Trefil, Michael Summers

Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System

James Trefil, Michael Summers

5 hours, 39 minutes • audio • 2017

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
A Field Guide to the Planets by Sabine Stanley

A Field Guide to the Planets

Sabine Stanley

12 hours, 25 minutes • audio

nonfiction mathematics science
A Brief History of Black Holes: And Why Nearly Everything You Know About Them Is Wrong by Becky Smethurst

A Brief History of Black Holes: And Why Nearly Everything You Know About Them Is Wrong

Becky Smethurst

7 hours, 5 minutes • audio • 2022

nonfiction history science informative medium-paced
Envisioning Exoplanets: Searching for Life in the Galaxy by Michael Carroll

Envisioning Exoplanets: Searching for Life in the Galaxy

Michael Carroll

224 pages • hardcover • 2020

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures

Margot Lee Shetterly

10 hours, 47 minutes • audio • 2016

nonfiction feminism history race science informative inspiring slow-paced
Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos by Lisa Kaltenegger

Alien Earths: The New Science of Planet Hunting in the Cosmos

Lisa Kaltenegger

8 hours, 31 minutes • audio • 2024

nonfiction science informative inspiring reflective medium-paced