Here's a link to a book I just finished. Not to sound too meta, but...All the answers to your skeptical questions are in these pages.
https://www.amazon.com/Skeptics-Guide-Universe-Really-Increasingly/dp/1538760533/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1544969155&sr=8-1&keywords=skeptics+guide+to+the+universe+book
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