“A fascinating and inspiring tour of the galaxies, illuminated by vivid and often humorous accounts of the day-to-day life of an astronomer.”
DR BRIAN COX, ASTROPHYSICIST

★ Written by Professor Lisa Harvey-Smith, winner of the Eureka Prize, Australia's highest scientific honor. She’s also appointed as the inaugural Australian Women in STEM Ambassador by the Australian Federal Government.
★ Recommended by world renowned astrophysicist and presenter of science programmes, author of best-selling popular science books, such as Why Does E=mc²? and The Quantum Universe.
★ You'll never look up at the night sky in the same way. The author takes the reader on an extraordinary journey through interstellar space in a light, humorous, easy-going way.

Why is the Milky Way blue? Why isn't a black hole dark? How many stars can you see with your naked eye? How much hotter are blue stars than red ones?

Humans are the only known astronomers in the universe. When we look up at the night sky, we are linked to our ancestors. Away from city lights, we can see what generations of people before us have wondered at and weaved stories around.

But all that will change. The Andromeda Galaxy is rushing towards us at 400,000 kilometres an hour.

When Galaxies Collide will guide you to look at the night sky afresh. It peers 5.86 billion years into the future to consider the fate of Earth and its inhabitants. Will the solution be to live in space without a planet to call home? Will one of the other 100 billion planets spawn life?

Learn how to watch this space.

Lisa Harvey-Smith
A British-Australian astrophysicist, Professor of Practice in Science Communication at the University of NSW. Her research interests include the origin and evolution of cosmic magnetism, supernova remnants, the interstellar medium, massive star formation and astrophysical masers.

[Awards and honours]
October 2015, Harvey-Smith received the CSIRO Chairman’s Medal for her contributions to the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder Telescope.
August 2016, Harvey-Smith was awarded the Australian Department of Industry, Innovation and Science Eureka Prize for Promoting Understanding of Australian Science Research, after being a finalist in 2015 Eureka Prize.
November 2012, The Sydney Morning Herald included Harvey-Smith in its "Top One Hundred: Sydney's Most Influential People".
She was named in the Sydney Morning Herald’s “Good Weekend’s Who Mattered 2019: Science” list.