Black Holes: The Key to Understanding the Universe

By the star physicist and author of multiple #1 Sunday Times bestsellers, a major and definitive work of popular science on black holes and how they can help us understand the universe.

At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes.

Today, across the universe, at the heart of every galaxy, and dotted throughout, mature...