Envisioning exoplanets : searching for life in the galaxy
Title:
Envisioning exoplanets : searching for life in the galaxy
Author:
Carroll, Michael, 1955- author.
ISBN:
9781588346919
Personal Author:
Physical Description:
224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Contents:
Early thoughts and the first findings -- Kepler's findings : planets, planets everywhere, but is there any life? -- Circling a red dwarf -- Exotic exoplanets around stranger stars -- It's an alien life.
Abstract:
"Envisioning Exoplanets traces the journey of astronomers and researchers on their quest to explore the universe for a planet like Earth"-- Provided by publisher.
Exoplanets-- worlds beyond our solar system-- were once dismissed as science fiction. More than 4,000 exoplanets have been discovered in the universe since 1992, giving us answers-- and providing new questions-- about how the universe was formed and what sets our solar system apart. Carroll takes us on a journey through the cosmos to learn more about the exoplanets, stars, and other space phenomena that scientists have discovered so far. -- adapted from jacket
