Exoplanets : diamonds worlds, super-Earths, pulsar planets, and the new search for life beyond our solar system / Michael Summers, James Trefil.

"The past few years have seen an incredible explosion in our knowledge of the universe. Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, and even more remarkable than...

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Main Authors: Summers, Michael, 1954- (Author)
Trefil, James, 1938- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2017]
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Physical Description:218 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Not your grandfather's galaxy -- Our backyard -- A plurality of worlds -- What is a planet? -- The Kepler spacecraft -- 55 Cancri E : diamond world -- Haven : rogue planet -- Ice world -- Kepler 186f : super Earth, archipelago world -- Gliese 1214b : water world -- Life on Earth -- The search for extraterrestrial life -- The search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- The Fermi Paradox -- Epilogue. 
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