Universal life : an inside look behind the race to discover life beyond Earth
Boss, Alan, 1951-2019
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After decades of painstaking planning, NASA's first dedicated exoplanet detection mission, the Kepler space telescope, was launched in 2009 from Cape Canaveral. Kepler began a years-long mission of looking for Earth-like planets amongst the millions of stars in the northern constellations of Lyra and Cygnus. Kepler's successful launch meant that it was only a matter of time before we would know just how many Earth-like planets exist in our galaxy. A revolution in thinking about our place in the universe was about to occur, depending on what Kepler found. Are Earths commonplace or rare? Are we likely to be alone in the universe? Only Kepler could start to answer these vexing questions.
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New York, USA : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Collation:
x, 206 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.
Contents:
Don't take no for an answer -- Waiting for Kepler to deliver the goods -- Astro 2010 comes to bat -- Barcelona is in Catalonia, not in Spain -- Witness protection program -- The president proposes, congress disposes -- Open for business, under new management -- Bring out your dead -- Ominous signs from Maryland -- Ground-based telescopes score a hat trick -- And that's not all -- Proxima centauri b arrives on stage -- Speaking of the decadal survey -- November 8, 2016, a day which will -- And the winners are -- Say, could you help me out? -- The pre-decadal-survey decadal survey.
ISBN:
9780190864057
Dewey class:
523.24
Language:
English
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BRN:
356599
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumaris Library | Adult Non Fiction - Science and Technology | 523.24 BOS | Available |