Worlds without end
exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity
Impey, Chris (Christopher David)
creator
text
bibliography
mau
2023
monographic
eng
vi, 368 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
"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"--
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.
Chris Impey.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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
Impey, Chris.
Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023]
(DLC) 2022018596
9780262047661 (hardcover)
0262047667 (hardcover)
2022018595
PSt/DLC
220427
20250701125711.0
22526130
eng