Lost in Space: 5,000 Facts for Navigating the Universe

Prepare for liftoff with a sweeping new book on the universe from the world's most celebrated astrophysicist, brimming with wit, authority, and laugh-out-loud humor.

Filled with 5,000 tantalizing facts and more than 300 charts, maps, and photographs, this book offers a dazzling look at the cosmos from our home planet to the farthest reaches of outer space.

Strap in for a thrilling journey through our solar system to the edge of the cosmos. This alluring treasury of 5,000 facts will take you there and back again, learning and laughing all the way.

With an eye-popping design and bold illustrations, Lost in Space takes on humanity's exploration of the universe--telescopes, space missions, planets, moons, exoplanets, stars, galaxies, and more--backed by signature scientific know-how and a large dose of hilarity. In these pages, you'll discover that:

• 100 trillion neutrinos pass through your body every second.
• If you weigh 150 pounds on Earth, you'd weigh 380 pounds on Jupiter.
• In 500 billion years, our sun will become a red giant star and expand to 100 times its original size.
• In 1999, astronomers discovered five exoplanets orbiting the same sun.
• Astronomers estimate there are two trillion galaxies in the observable universe.

Bursting with cool space photos, breathtaking archival images, infographics, moon maps, and a plethora of pop culture icons, Lost in Space is not just a journey--it's a trip!

Author: Neil Degrasse Tyson,Lindsey Nyx Walker
Publisher: National Geographic Society
Published: 09/15/2026
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.65lbs
Size: 10.00h x 8.30w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9781426224386


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/15/2026

About the Author
Neil deGrasse Tyson is an astrophysicist and Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium at New York's American Museum of Natural History. He is the author of more than a dozen books, many of them international bestsellers, and numerous articles. He is the host of StarTalk, a podcast, and of two seasons of Cosmos, televised by Fox and National Geographic. He has received 27 honorary doctorates as well as NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal. He lives in New York City.

Lindsey Nyx Walker is the senior producer and head writer at StarTalk, a popular science podcast and a four-time Emmy nominated television show on the National Geographic Channel. She collaborated on both Cosmic Queries and the New York Times bestseller To Infinity and Beyond, the second and third books, respectively, in the publishing collaboration between StarTalk and National Geographic Books. She lives in New York City. Visit her on TikTok @spacetok.