The Milky Way: An Autobiography with Dr. Moiya McTier (#250)

Astrophysicist and folklorist Dr. Moiya McTier channels The Milky
Way in this approachable and utterly fascinating autobiography of
the titular galaxy, detailing what humans have discovered about
everything from its formation to its eventual death, and what more
there is to learn about this galaxy we call home. After a few
billion years of bearing witness to life on Earth, of watching one
hundred billion humans go about their day-to-day lives, of feeling
unbelievably lonely, and of hearing its own story told by others,
The Milky Way would like a chance to speak for itself. All one
hundred billion stars and fifty undecillion tons of gas of it. It
all began some thirteen billion years ago, when clouds of gas
scattered through the universe's primordial plasma just could not
keep their metaphorical hands off each other. They succumbed to
their gravitational attraction, and the galaxy we know as the Milky
Way was born. Since then, the galaxy has watched as dark energy
pushed away its first friends, as humans mythologized its name and
purpose, and as galactic archaeologists have worked to determine
its true age (rude). The Milky Way has absorbed supermassive (an
actual technical term) black holes, made enemies of a few galactic
neighbors, and mourned the deaths of countless stars. Our home
galaxy has even fallen in love. After all this time, the Milky Way
finally feels that it's amassed enough experience for the juicy
tell-all we've all been waiting for. Its fascinating autobiography
recounts the history and future of the universe in accessible but
scientific detail, presenting a summary of human astronomical
knowledge thus far that is unquestionably out of this world. Get
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