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EX.PL.RE. A directed energy mission to a nearby star system

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2022

The next frontier for humanity is beyond our solar system, embracing interstellar travel to expand our knowledge of what is beyond our current scope of vision and understanding. This project outlines a Directed Energy mission to the Alpha Centau[...]

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Giant Magellan telescope : science book 2018

Tucson, AZ : NOIRLab | 2021

The GMT Science Book focuses on those areas of frontier science best explored with a large aperture ground-based telescope. The book describes the transformative impact that GMT will have on areas spanning observational astrophysics—from exoplan[...]

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Astrobiology for a general reader : a questions and answers approach

Vera M. Kolb, Author ; Benton C. Clark, Author | Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing | 2020

This book implements several outstanding features which are helpful to the general reader. It is organized in the form of a ‘Questions and Answers'guide, an approach unique in the field of astrobiology. The questions and answers are linked in a [...]

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The exoplanet revolution

James Lequeux, Author ; Therese Encrenaz, Author ; F. Casoli, Author | [S.l.] : EDP Sciences | Current Natural Sciences | 2020

More than 4300 planets around nearby stars! Who could have imagined this extraordinary harvest only thirty years ago? As the vast majority of stars are surrounded by planets, we can surmise that there must be more than a hundred billion planets [...]

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ORIGINS space telecope : mission concept study report

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2019

The Origins Space Telescope (OST) will trace the history of our origins from the time dust and heavy elements permanently altered the cosmic landscape to present-day life. How did the universe evolve in response to its changing ingredients? Why [...]

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Planetary geoscience

McSween, Harry Y., Jr., Author ; Jeffrey E. Moersch, Author ; Devon M. Burr, Author ; William M. Dunne, Author ; Joshua P. Emery, Author ; Linda C. Kah, Author ; Molly C. McCanta, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2019

This textbook shows how planets are shaped by geologic processes and proves the similarities and differences between planets. Aimed at geoscience majors, it covers aspects of mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, volcanology, sedimentology, geomo[...]

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Exoplanets : hidden worlds and the quest for extraterrestrial life

Donald Goldsmith, Author | Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press | 2018

Using a variety of innovative techniques, astronomers have recently discovered thousands of planets that orbit stars throughout our Milky Way galaxy. Donald Goldsmith presents the science of exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life in[...]

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Exoplanetary atmospheres : theoretical concepts and foundations /

Kevin Heng, Author | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | Princeton series in astrophysics | 2017

Exoplanetary Atmospheres covers the physics of radiation, fluid dynamics, atmospheric chemistry, and atmospheric escape. It draws on simple analytical models to aid learning, and features a wealth of problem sets, some of which are open-ended. T[...]

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Placing outer space : an Earthly ethnography of other worlds /

Lisa Messeri, Author | [S.l.] : Duke University Press | 2016

"In Placing Outer Space, Lisa Messeri traces how the place-making practices of planetary scientists transform the void of space into a cosmos filled with worlds that can be known and explored. Making planets into places is central to the daily p[...]

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Exoplanet exploration collaboration initiative

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2014

The number of discovered extrasolar planets (exoplanets) has increased since the first confirmed discovery of such an object in the 1990s and since became a research priority among major international space agencies and many universities worldwi[...]

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Five billion years of solitude : the search for life among the stars /

Lee Billings, Author | New York (United States) : Current | 2013

An intimate history of Earth and the quest for life beyond the solar system traces the discoveries of thousands of "exoplanets" throughout the past two years, including some with Earth-like characteristics that could possibly support life

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Strange new worlds : the search for alien planets and life beyond our solar system /

Ray Jayawardhana, Author | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | 2013

Astronomer Ray Jayawardhana discusses the scientific quest to discover other planets and life in the universe, describing breakthroughs into the early twenty-first century, and examining the tools and technology available to scientists seeking [...]

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Destiny or chance revisited : planets and their place in the cosmos /

Stuart Ross Taylor, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2012

This exciting tour of our universe explores what we now know about exoplanets and explains the difficulty of finding another Earth-like planet. Building on the remarkable story of our own solar system from his bestselling book Destiny or Chance,[...]

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Exoplanets : finding, exploring, and understanding alien worlds

Christopher R. Kitchin, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomers' universe | 2012

This book is written for non-specialist but also provides a comprehensive, accurate and balanced summary useful to researches in the exoplanets field. Above all this book explores the excitment of how a new branch of science is born, develops an[...]

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Mirror Earth : the search for our planet's twin

Michael D. Lemonick, Author | [S.l.] : Walker and Company | 2012

The dramatic race to find an Earth-like planet capable of sustaining life as we know it

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The exoplanet handbook

M. A. C. Perryman, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2011

The book covers the many different techniques available for exoplanet detection and characterisation, the broad range of the relevant underlying physics, the overlap with parallel topics in solar system and Earth sciences, and the many concepts [...]

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The exoplanet handbook

M. A. C. Perryman, Author | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press | 2011

The book covers the many different techniques available for exoplanet detection and characterisation, the broad range of the relevant underlying physics, the overlap with parallel topics in solar system and Earth sciences, and the many concepts [...]

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The Earth as a distant planet : a Rosetta Stone for the search of Earth-like worlds

Manuel Vázquez ; E. Pallé ; P. Montañés Rodríguez | New York, NY : Springer | Astronomy and astrophysics library | 2010

Contents : 1. Observing the Earth -- 2. The Earth in time -- 3. The pale blue dot -- 4. The outer layers of the Earth -- 5. Biosignatures and the search for life on Earth -- 6. Detecting extrasolar Earth-like planets -- 7. The worlds out there -[...]

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Exoplanet atmospheres : physical processes

Sara Seager, Author | [S.l.] : Princeton University Press | Princeton series in astrophysics | 2010

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Exoplanets

Sara Seager, Editor ; Renee Dotson ; Lunar and Planetary Institute | Tucson : University of Arizona Press | The University of Arizona space science series | 2010

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The crowded universe : the search for living planets

Alan Boss | [S.l.] : Basic Books | 2009

The author describes radical new ideas about planetary formation and reveals discoveries of bizarre inhabitants of various solar systems.

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Extrasolar planets and astrobiology

Caleb A. Scharf, Author | [S.l.] : University Science Books | 2009

This work offers an advanced introduction to the increasingly robust fields of extrasolar planets and astrobiology. The text is firmly grounded in mathematics and physics and also covers the key issues regarding chemistry, biology and geophysics.

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Exoplanets : detection, formation, properties, habitability

John W. Mason | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences | 2008

The topics covered in Exoplanets include both theoretical work on the formation and orbital evolution of these systems, and current observational studies using a wide variety of detection and analytical techniques.

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Exoplanets : detection, formation, properties, habitability /

John W. Mason, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and planetary sciences | 2008

The topics covered in Exoplanets include both theoretical work on the formation and orbital evolution of these systems, and current observational studies using a wide variety of detection and analytical techniques

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The new worlds : extrasolar planets /

F. Casoli, Author ; Therese Encrenaz, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2007

"There is a lot to be learned from studying extrasolar planets. However, the most tantalizing data is the possible discovery of Earthlike extrasolar planet, with a mass comparable to that of Earth, located at the right distance from its star to[...]

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Towards other Earths : DARWIN/TPF and the search for extrasolar terrestrial planets : proceedings of the conference [held] 22-25 April 2003, Heidelberg conference centre, Heidelberg, Germany

Malcolm Fridlund, Editor | [S.l.] : European Space Agency | ESA SP | 2003

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Distant wanderers : the search for planets beyond the solar system

B. Dorminey | [S.l.] : Copernicus | 2001

After decades of high-tech searches, astronomers are just now beginning to reap the rewards of their hunt for "distant wanderers" -planets in orbit around stars outside our own solar system. Armed with new tools and techniques, these star-gazing[...]

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Planetary systems : the long view

L.M. Celnikier, Editor ; J.Than Van Tran, Editor ; Rencontres de Blois ; (9th ; 1997 ; Chateau de Blois, France), Editor | [S.l.] : Editions Frontieres | 1998

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Worlds unnumbered : the search for extrasolar planets

Donald Goldsmith | [S.l.] : University Science Books | 1997

For centuries, humans have speculated about the planets that may orbit the stars that spangle the night sky, worlds that might resemble our own Earth. Through four decades of space exploration and everbetter telescopes, astronomers have searche[...]

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