Facebook Live and Book Giveaway Today! 'Your Place in the Universe' by Paul Sutter

Your Place in the Universe book cover
Astrophysicist Paul Sutter's "Your Place in the Universe: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existence" was published Nov. 20, 2018, by Prometheus Books. (Image credit: Prometheus Books)

Have you ever wondered about your place in the universe? I know I have, and so has astrophysicist Paul Sutter, whose new book "Your Place in the Universe" aims to bring the nearly 14-billion-year history of the cosmos down to Earth. And now, you have a chance to win a copy from Space.com!

Today (Nov. 30), Space.com will interview Sutter in a Facebook Live event at 4 p.m. EST (2100 GMT) and we'll be giving three autographed copies of Sutter's book away during the event. All you have to do is tune in on Facebook and ask a question in the comments section. We'll select three winners at random and contact them after the event. 

Sutter's "Your Place in the Universe" is one of the most accessible space books I've ever read (Disclaimer: I did review a preview copy) so do tune in to learn the story behind it and get your questions answered! If you're looking for more details on the book, you can read an excerpt here   and an interview with Sutter by Space.com's Mike Wall here. You can also find Sutter online at his Ask a Spaceman podcast, where he regularly posts videos explaining key space concepts. Or watch Sutter's "Ask a Spaceman" presented by Space.com  on Facebook Watch!

SPACE.COM BOOK GIVEAWAY: "Your Place in the Universe" by Paul M. Sutter

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NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Open to legal residents of 50 U.S & DC, 18 or older. Employees, agents, officers & directors of Purch Group, Inc. ("Sponsor"), its parent, subsidiaries, affiliates & advertising & promotion agencies (collectively with Facebook, Inc., "Released Parties") & members of their immediate family (spouse, parent, children, siblings & their respective spouses, regardless of where they reside) & persons living in the same household, whether or not related, are not eligible. Void where prohibited. Subject to all applicable federal, state & local laws. HOW TO ENTER: Beginning at 4:00 PM ET on November 30, 2018 ("Event"), visit the Space.com page on Facebook ("Event Page"), watch the live stream video interview of author, Paul M. Sutter and ask a question via a comment. If, for whatever reason, the Event is cancelled or postponed, this giveaway will not occur. 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Tariq Malik
Editor-in-Chief

Tariq is the Editor-in-Chief of Space.com and joined the team in 2001, first as an intern and staff writer, and later as an editor. He covers human spaceflight, exploration and space science, as well as skywatching and entertainment. He became Space.com's Managing Editor in 2009 and Editor-in-Chief in 2019. Before joining Space.com, Tariq was a staff reporter for The Los Angeles Times covering education and city beats in La Habra, Fullerton and Huntington Beach. In October 2022, Tariq received the Harry Kolcum Award for excellence in space reporting from the National Space Club Florida Committee. He is also an Eagle Scout (yes, he has the Space Exploration merit badge) and went to Space Camp four times as a kid and a fifth time as an adult. He has journalism degrees from the University of Southern California and New York University. You can find Tariq at Space.com and as the co-host to the This Week In Space podcast with space historian Rod Pyle on the TWiT network. To see his latest project, you can follow Tariq on Twitter @tariqjmalik.