For at least 20,000 years, we have led not just an earthly existence but a cosmic one. Our innate relationship with the stars shaped who we are—our art, religious beliefs, social status, scientific advances, and even our biology. But over the last few centuries we have separated ourselves from the universe that surrounds us. It's a disconnect with a dire cost. Jo Marchant's spellbinding parade of the ways different cultures celebrated the majesty and mysteries of the night sky is an inspiring journey to the most awe inspiring view you can ever see—looking up on a dark night. That experience and the thoughts it has engendered have radically shaped human civilization across millennia. To show us how, Jo Marchant takes us to the Hall of the Bulls in the caves at Lascaux in France, and to the summer solstice at a 5,000-year-old tomb at New Grange in Ireland. And we discover why star-gazing can be really, really good for us.