The Planets Audiobook (Free)

‘So staggering you decide to go “whoa!” every few seconds’ Guardian

‘Really impressive’ Eamonn Holmes, ITV This Morning

A companion book towards the critically acclaimed BBC series.

The bestselling authors of Wonders from the World are back again with another blockbuster, a groundbreaking exploration of our Solar System as it has never been seen before.

Mercury, a lifeless sufferer from the Sun’s expanding power. Venus, once thought to be about The Planets lush and fertile, right now known to be captured within a harmful and boiling atmosphere. Mars, the crimson planet, doomed by the increased loss of its atmosphere. Jupiter, twice the size of the rest of the planets mixed, but insubstantial. Saturn, a stunning celestial beauty, the jewel of our Solar System. Uranus, the sideways globe and the first ice giant. Neptune, dark, cool and whipped by supersonic winds. Pluto, the dwarf planet, a frozen rock.

Andrew Cohen and Professor Brian Cox take visitors on a voyage of breakthrough, through the fiery heart of our Solar System, to its mysterious outer gets to. They touch on the most recent discoveries which have expanded our knowledge of the planets, their moons and exactly how they come to be, alongside recent stunning and mind-boggling NASA picture taking.