Worlds without end : exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity /
Impey, Chris
Worlds without end : exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity / Chris Impey. - vi, 368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Searching for distant worlds -- The visionaries -- Doppler wobble -- Chasing shadows -- Seeing is believing -- Calling Pandora -- The next wave -- Milky Way census -- Habitability and the exoplanet zoo -- Gas giants -- Ice giants -- Water worlds -- Earth clones -- Exomoons -- Rogue planets -- The search for life beyond Earth -- The solar system -- Sniffing biosignatures -- Send in the nanobots -- ET phone home -- Energy footprints -- The Drake equation -- Fermi's question -- The promise of space exploration -- Habitable Earth -- Space boom -- How to get to space -- Going to the moon and Mars -- Mining asteroids -- Living beyond Earth.
"WORLDS WITHOUT END: EXOPLANETS, HABITABILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY will present the scientific missions exploring exoplanets through the lens of habitability and our survival in the universe"--
9780262047661 (hardcover) 0262047667 (hardcover)
2022018595
Extrasolar planets.
Planetas extrasolares
Vida en otros planetas
Habitable planets.
Exploración del espacio
Outer space--Exploration.
Espacio exterior --Exploración
QB 820 / I34w 2023
523.2/4
Worlds without end : exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity / Chris Impey. - vi, 368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Searching for distant worlds -- The visionaries -- Doppler wobble -- Chasing shadows -- Seeing is believing -- Calling Pandora -- The next wave -- Milky Way census -- Habitability and the exoplanet zoo -- Gas giants -- Ice giants -- Water worlds -- Earth clones -- Exomoons -- Rogue planets -- The search for life beyond Earth -- The solar system -- Sniffing biosignatures -- Send in the nanobots -- ET phone home -- Energy footprints -- The Drake equation -- Fermi's question -- The promise of space exploration -- Habitable Earth -- Space boom -- How to get to space -- Going to the moon and Mars -- Mining asteroids -- Living beyond Earth.
"WORLDS WITHOUT END: EXOPLANETS, HABITABILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY will present the scientific missions exploring exoplanets through the lens of habitability and our survival in the universe"--
9780262047661 (hardcover) 0262047667 (hardcover)
2022018595
Extrasolar planets.
Planetas extrasolares
Vida en otros planetas
Habitable planets.
Exploración del espacio
Outer space--Exploration.
Espacio exterior --Exploración
QB 820 / I34w 2023
523.2/4