| Year | Award | Category | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Hugo Award | Best Non-Fiction Book | Winner |
| 1981 | Locus Poll Award | Best Related Non-Fiction Book | Nominee/Finalist |
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1980 |
|
Cosmos | Random House | Nonfiction | 1 |
| 1981 |
|
Cosmos | Macdonald | Nonfiction | |
| 1981 |
|
Cosmos | Francisco Alves | Nonfiction | |
| 1982 | Unser Kosmos | Droemer Knaur | Nonfiction | ||
| 1983 | Unser Kosmos | Droemer Knaur | Nonfiction | ||
| 1985 | Cosmos | Ballantine Books | Nonfiction | ||
| 1985 |
|
Kozmos | Otokar Keršovani | Nonfiction | 3 |
| 1989 |
|
Unser Kosmos | Droemer Knaur | Nonfiction | |
| December 1990 |
|
Kozmos | Polaris Beograd | Nonfiction | 17 |
| July 2011 |
|
Cosmos | Ballantine Books | Nonfiction | |
| December 2013 |
|
Cosmos | Ballantine Books | Nonfiction | 1 |
| May 2017 |
|
Cosmos | Brilliance Audio | Nonfiction | |
| May 2017 |
|
Cosmos | Brilliance Audio | Nonfiction | |3 |
| November 2017 |
|
Cosmos | Companhia das Letras | Nonfiction | 29 |