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Religions and extraterrestrial life : how will we deal with it? /

David A. Weintraub, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2014

In the twenty-first century, the debate about life on other worlds is quickly changing from the realm of speculation to the domain of hard science. Within a few years, as a consequence of the rapid discovery by astronomers of planets around oth[...]

Galaxy collisions : forging new worlds from cosmic crashes

Curtis Struck, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2011

The spectacular images of galaxy collisions capture the imagination. This text will show what is out there in the universe, what its like in other galaxies, what they might look like, and how cosmic processes might affect life in other solar systems.

Planet Mars : story of another world

François Forget ; François Costard ; Philippe Lognonné | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2008

1. Birth of a planet! : -4.6 to -3.8 billion years -- 2. A youthful Mars : -4 to -3.5 billion years -- 3. The slow metamorphosis : -3.8 to -0.1 billion years -- 4. Climates and storms : Mars today -- 5. Exploring Mars : 1650-2050.

The search for life continued : planets around other stars

Barrie William Jones | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2008

At present we have evidence only of life on Earth. New instruments and techniques are being developed not only to detect exoplanetary systems but that are also capable of analyzing the environments on discovered exoplanets to tell us whether a [...]

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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Searching for water in the universe

Therese Encrenaz | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2007

Star maps : a history, artistry, and cartography /

Nick Kanas, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2007

"Star Maps captures the beauty and awe of the heavens through celestial prints and star atlases. It traces the history of celestial cartography and relates this history to the changing ideas of humanity's place in the universe. The text Is enric[...]