<p><strong>¿Fresh and diverting, informative and topical.¿<br>¿<em>Australian Financial Review</em>, Best Books of the Year</strong></p><p><strong><em>Night, Sleep, Death and the Stars</em> by Lauren Groff¿<em>The Universe Underground</em> by Paolo Giordano¿<em>We All Hated Each Other So Much</em> by Frank Westermann¿Plus: discovering new planets and destroying satellites; returning to the Moon (this time to stay); the Mars delusion; the hunt for extra-terrestrial life, and much more¿</strong></p><p>In the 1960s, the rivalry between the superpowers brought us into space, adding a whole new dimension to human life. The last frontier was open: between 1969 and 1972 twelve men (but no women) walked on the moon. No one has since. The space race revealed itself for what it really was: a political and military competition.</p><p>Space agencies, however, have not been idle and the exploration of the solar system has continued with probes and robots. Without politics, science has thrived. But