Just Visiting This Planet, Revised and Updated for the Twenty-First Century

Further Scientific Adventures of Merlin from Omniscia

De: Neil deGrasse Tyson

Narrado por: André Santana, Liam Gerrard, Em Grosland, Pun Bandhu, Lauren Fortgang, Luzma Ortiz, Jim Meskimen, Jennifer Aquino, Soneela Nankani, Jaime Lincoln Smith, Bronson Pinchot, Natalie Naudus, Neil deGrasse Tyson

From Neil deGrasse Tyson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, comes a spirited journey to the planets and stars, revealing the answers to many mysteries of our galaxy and beyond.

In this companion volume to Merlin’s Tour of the Universe, we visit again with Merlin, a timeless traveler from Planet Omniscia, who answers a collection of imaginative questions about the cosmos from curious stargazers. Whether waxing poetic about Earth and its environs, the Sun and its stellar siblings, physical laws, or galaxies near and far, Merlin’s remarks are witty, humorous, and clear as a starry night sky.

Merlin tackles such conundrums as:

• If aliens exploded Earth’s moon, what effect would it have on us?
• Are black holes gathering matter in preparation for another big bang in another time and dimension?
• Why does the Moon look bigger on the horizon?

Accompanied by the playful illustrations of Stephen J. Tyson, Just Visiting This Planet is a lively, entertaining, and indispensable guidebook to the universe.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2025 Text © 2025 by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Illustrations © 2025 by Stephen J. Tyson. Originally published in 1998 by Main Street Books (P)2025 Blackstone Publishing

AI voice has ruined this reading.

AI reads like half of ths book. The AI (readers's questions) is hard to understand, and it devalues the whole experience of the book, especially next to Neal's great performance. As it stands, the book feels like a cheap knock-off.