“Could you crash the Moon into the Earth? If the Sun explodes, would we all get vaporised? What’s the weather like on Mercury?”

Discover the answers to these questions and many more at the Supervillain Academy: the magnificently morbid school for young villains in training. Facts about space are all well and good, but discovering that if you threw someone into a black hole, they would be spaghettified – stretched out long and thin before getting squashed smaller than an atom – is truly, fascinatingly gruesome.

A factual and full-of-fun astronomy book for young big thinkers and budding scientists.

• An accessible and enjoyable introduction to astrophysics, explaining big topics in a simple way
• Packed with facts about the solar system, galaxies and the universe
• Each chapter is linked to science topics that children study at school
• Scientific concepts are brought to life with humorous illustrations

Based on real questions from children, expert astronomer and author Dr. Matt Bothwell has created this kids’ science book to teach astrophysics to middle graders. Perfect for fans of Kay’s Marvellous Medicine and the Horrible Histories series, Astrophysics for Supervillains is the first book of the Supervillain Academy series that will have curious kids keen to get to school on time!

Since the dawn of our species, people all over the world  have gazed in  awe at the night sky.  But for all the beauty and wonder of the  stars, when we look with just our eyes we are seeing and appreciating only a tiny fraction of the Universe. What does the cosmos have in store for us beyond the phenomena we can  see, from black holes to supernovas? How different does the invisible Universe look from the home we thought we knew? Dr Matt Bothwell takes us on a journey  through the full spectrum of light and beyond, revealing what we have learned about the mysteries of the Universe.

This  book is a guide to the ninety-nine per cent of cosmic reality we can’t see -  the Universe that is hidden, right in front of our eyes.  It is also the endpoint  of a scientific detective story thousands of years in the telling. It is a tour  through our Invisible Universe.