New discoveries in astronomy are made annually, and news publications are full of reports of the next space developments. But, although the days have passed when astronomical phenomena gave rise to superstitions and fears, the scientific approach to the Universe has not yet become a universal destiny: after all, there is very little popular science literature about space, designed for non-specialists. The book you're holding is designed to fill that gap. The origin of the Earth and the mysteries of the Moon and the Sun, planets and galaxies, the Milky Way and the latest data from the field of cosmology are described here in an accessible and exciting way. For clarity, the text is accompanied by numerous illustrations.