作者：詹姆斯·特賴菲爾（James Trefil），物理學者，科普作傢，喬治梅森大學物理學專業教授，已齣版近50本科普書籍。曾擔任《大創意》（Big Idea，美國國傢地理齣版社2012年齣版）的首席科學顧問。他的作品曾獲得多項大奬，包括美國物理學會為他頒發的科普作品奬。於2011年被位於馬其頓共和國斯科普裏市的聖濟利祿與聖梅篤丟斯大學授予榮譽學位。

譯者：青年天文教師連綫，是緻力於連結青年天文人、中小學校與青少年的教育公益機構，是一個活躍、專注、擁有多位優秀專業的天文教師人纔、持續服務範圍廣泛的天文教育公益組織。本書譯者為青年天文教師連綫成員劉博洋、徐璐媛、孫博勛、張成鈺、硃美如、呂澈鞦。

From maps of the moon to diagrams of multiple universes based on the newest ideas in string theory - this volume takes the concept of an atlas and blasts it into outer space! With spectacularly colourful and awe-inspiring imagery from all the exciting space telescopes and probes, together with meticulously drafted and labelled maps of nearby planets and even some of their moons, "Space: An Illustrated Atlas" is a wonder to behold and a volume to treasure. Prolific author James Trefil, an endowed professor of physics and veteran writer of science books, guides us through our solar system, then our Milky Way galaxy, and out beyond, at each stage offering pictures, maps, and diagrams, many conveying the newest information about the universe, never-before-presented in an atlas.