The Ancient Stranger
A Human History of CometsBy Oscar Solomon
Length1h 10m
About this audiobook
On Christmas night, a farmer finds a faint blur through his telescope. A man dead for sixteen years had predicted its return.
Comets once appeared to bring news of war, death and the fate of kingdoms. Their unexpected arrival disturbed the heavens; discovering that some returned on predictable orbits transformed our understanding of the sky.
Oscar Solomon follows these visitors from ancient records and royal omens to Halley’s prediction, panic over a comet’s tail and spacecraft reaching worlds of ice and dust. The Ancient Stranger explores how objects once read as warnings became evidence of the Solar System’s beginnings—and, sometimes, travellers from another star.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenreScience and Nature, History
Length1 hr 10 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 21, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue: Christmas Night
2Chapter One: When The Sky Changed
3Chapter Two: The Star Of A Dead Man
4Chapter Three: Beyond The Moon
5Chapter Four: Two Comets Or One
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6Chapter Five: The Appointment
7Chapter Six: The Poisoned Tail
8Chapter Seven: The Black Heart
9Chapter Eight: String Of Pearls
10Chapter Nine: Catching Dust
11Chapter Ten: Three Touchdowns
12Chapter Eleven: What A Comet Remembers
13Chapter Twelve: From Another Star
14Epilogue: Waiting For The Stranger
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