Astronomical: from quarks to quasars, the science of space at its strangest

Introduction: In this day and age?

Part I: Our freaky universe. Very big, very old, very weird ; One dead moose ; Party cake and pigeons

Part II: Everything we don't know about space. Big problems for the Big Bang ; Help, most of our universe is missing! ; The heart of darkness ; Holograms, loops, and strings

Part III: Life among the stars. Is anybody out there? ; Greetings, puny Earthlings! ; Boldly going

Appendices. Real science has curves ; Astrology for all ; The grown-up Einstein equation ; The mysterious origins of Hawking radiation

Our freaky universe

everything we don't know about space

life among the stars

appendices.