Chris Impey

Planet Earth, it turns out, may not be the best of all possible worlds—and lately humanity has been depleting resources, decimating species, and degrading everything needed for life. Meanwhile, human ingenuity has opened up a vista of habitable worlds well beyond our wildest dreams of outposts...

Einstein’s Monsters reveals how our comprehension of black holes is intrinsically linked to how we make sense of the universe and our place within it....

Beyond dares to imagine a fantastic future for humans in space - and then reminds us that we're already there....

The fascinating science behind the eventual end to everything - from the individual to all existence....

A travelogue suffused with the wisdom of an ancient religious tradition, Humble Before the Void is a modern-day encounter between Western science and Buddhist philosophy....

Dreams of Other Worlds describes the unmanned space missions that have opened new windows on distant worlds.....

In this vibrant, eye-opening tour of milestones in the history of our universe, Chris Impey guides us through space and time, leading us from the familiar sights of the night sky to the dazzlingly strange aftermath of the Big Bang. What if we could look into space and see not only our place in...