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Author : Athena Coustenis,Thérèse Encrenaz
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2013-09-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107026179
An engaging account of our quest for habitable environments, recounting fascinating recent discoveries and providing insight into future space missions.
Author : Avi Loeb
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780358278146
Harvard's top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star
Author : Gerald Feinberg,Robert Shapiro
Publisher : William Morrow
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015017148803
Author : Steven J. Dick
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-26
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781107109988
This book discusses the big questions about how the discovery of extraterrestrial life, whether intelligent or microbial, would impact society and humankind.
Author : Michael D. Lemonick
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780802779021
In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they began to find planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. More than eight hundred planets have been found since then, yet none of them is anything like Earth and none could support life. Now, armed with more powerful technology, planet hunters are racing to find a true twin of Earth. Science writer Michael Lemonick has unique access to these exoplaneteers, as they call themselves, and Mirror Earth unveils their passionate quest. Unlike competitors in other races, Geoff Marcy, Bill Borucki, David Charbonneau, Sara Seager, and others actually consult and cooperate with one another. But only one will be the first to find Earth's twin. Mirror Earth tells the story of their competition.
Author : Timothy Ferris
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Extraterrestrial anthropology
ISBN : 9780684849379
Drawn from an original PBS documentary, this book strikingly juxtaposes Hubble Space Telescope photos with cover art from pulp science fiction books, and hand-drawn maps of Mars's canals by astronomer Percival Lowell with the crystal-clear images of the Viking lander. 200 photos.
Author : Douglas A. Vakoch,Albert A. Harrison
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857452122
Astronomers around the world are pointing their telescopes toward the heavens, searching for signs of intelligent life. If they make contact with an advanced alien civilization, how will humankind respond? In thinking about first contact, the contributors to this volume present new empirical and theoretical research on the societal dimensions of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI). Archaeologists and astronomers explore the likelihood that extraterrestrial intelligence exists, using scientific insights to estimate such elusive factors as the longevity of technological societies. Sociologists present the latest findings of novel surveys, tapping into the public's attitudes about life beyond Earth to show how religion and education influence beliefs about extraterrestrials. Scholars from such diverse disciplines as mathematics, chemistry, journalism, and religious studies offer innovative solutions for bridging the cultural gap between human and extraterrestrial civilizations, while recognizing the tremendous challenges of communicating at interstellar distances. At a time when new planets are being discovered around other stars at an unprecedented rate, this collection provides a much needed guide to the human impact of discovering we are not alone in the universe.
Author : Marc Kaufman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-13
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781439109014
Kaufman details the incredible true story of science's search for the beginnings of life on Earth and the probability that it exists elsewhere in the universe.
Author : Andreas Losch
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781107175891
This volume explores the questions and answers surrounding the 'secret of life', combining approaches from the sciences, philosophy and theology, including the emerging discipline of astrobiology.
Author : Robert Shapiro
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2008-05-02
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780470349090
The Quest To Discover Life Beyond Earth. "The 'dreams' that I write of are not the usual ones, the images that come up in our minds involuntarily during certain stages of sleep, but rather the hopes and expectations that we have lavished upon other worlds around us."-from the Preface. The surprisingly long history of debate over extraterrestrial life is full of marvelous visions of what life "out there" might be like, as well as remarkable stories of alleged sightings and heated disputes about the probability that life might actually have arisen more than once. In Planetary Dreams, acclaimed author Robert Shapiro explores this rich history of dreams and debates in search of the best current answers to the most elusive and compelling of all questions: Are we alone? In his pursuit, he presents three contrasting views regarding how life might have started: through Divine Creation, by a highly unlikely stroke of luck, or by the inevitable process of a natural law that he terms the Life Principle. We are treated to a lively fictional dinner debate among the leading proponents of these schools of thought-with the last named group arguing that life has almost surely formed in many places throughout the universe, and the others that life may well be entirely unique to our own blue planet. To set the stage for a deep exploration of the question, the author then leads us on a fantastic journey through the museum of the cosmos, an imagined building that holds models of the universe at different degrees of magnification. We then journey deep into inner space to view the astonishingly intricate life of a single cell, and learn why the origin of such a complex object from simple chemical mixtures poses one of the most profound enigmas known to science. Writing in a wonderfully entertaining style, Shapiro then reviews the competing theories about the start of life on Earth, and suggests the debate may best be settled by finding signs of life on the other worlds of our solar system. He takes us on a guided tour of the most likely sites, from the underground hot springs of Mars to the ice-covered oceans of Jupiter's airless moons. Along the way, he shares a wealth of fascinating stories about the ways in which our views of the heavens have changed, from the theories of ancient philosphers, who argued that the Moon was inhabited, to the current Origins and Astrobiology initiatives of NASA. He describes the probes that will be sent out in the near future in pursuit of the first compelling physical evidence of life beyond Earth, and concludes with a radical suggestion about how this quest might be supported through the next millennium. As we launch into an exciting new era of space exploration, Planetary Dreams offers a thoughtful and entertaining exploration of both the history of our hopes and expectations and a vision of a possible future in which the discovery of life elsewhere will provide a new view of our place in the universe.
Author : Karen Latchana Kenney
Publisher : Twenty-First Century Books ™
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-01
Category : Young Adult Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781512439083
Until the mid-1990s, scientists only guessed that the universe held exoplanets, or planets beyond our solar system. But using advanced physics and powerful telescopes, scientists have since identified more than three thousand exoplanets. This work has revealed fascinating worlds, including a planet that oozes lavalike fluids and a planet that glows bright pink. Even more fascinating, scientists think that some exoplanets might contain life. Many orbit in the Goldilocks zone, the region around a star that's not too hot or too cold for liquid water, a key ingredient for life. This book examines exoplanets, the possibilities for life beyond Earth, and the cutting-edge technologies scientists use to learn about distant worlds.
Author : Pamela S. Turner
Publisher : Charlesbridge Publishing
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781580891332
Is there life beyond Earth? NASA astrobiologist Dr. Chris McKay has searched the earth's most extreme environments on his quest to understand what factors are necessary to sustain life. Pamela S. Turner offers readers an inside look at Dr. McKay's research, explaining his findings and his hopes for future exploration both on Earth and beyond. Behind-the-scenes photos capture Dr. McKay, his expeditions, and the amazing microbes that survive against all odds.
Author : Charles Wohlforth,Amanda R. Hendrix, Ph.D.
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780804172424
We are at the cusp of a golden age in space science, as increasingly more entrepreneurs—Elon Musk, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos—are seduced by the commercial potential of human access to space. But Beyond Earth does not offer another wide-eyed technology fantasy: instead, it is grounded not only in the human capacity for invention and the appeal of adventure, but also in the bureaucratic, political, and scientific realities that present obstacles to space travel—realities that have hampered NASA's efforts ever since the Challenger disaster. In Beyond Earth, the authors offer groundbreaking research and argue persuasively that not Mars, but Titan—a moon of Saturn with a nitrogen atmosphere, a weather cycle, and an inexhaustible supply of cheap energy—offers the most realistic, and thrilling, prospect of life without support from Earth.
Author : Richard Berendzen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Government publications
ISBN : OSU:32435012683918
Author : Kevin Hand
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2021-09-21
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780691227283
Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system Where is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may actually lie farther away. Beneath the frozen crusts of several of the small, ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn lurk vast oceans that may have existed for as long as Earth, and together may contain more than fifty times its total volume of liquid water. Could there be organisms living in their depths? Alien Oceans reveals the science behind the thrilling quest to find out. Kevin Peter Hand is one of today's leading NASA scientists, and his pioneering research has taken him on expeditions around the world. In this captivating account of scientific discovery, he brings together insights from planetary science, biology, and the adventures of scientists like himself to explain how we know that oceans exist within moons of the outer solar system, like Europa, Titan, and Enceladus. He shows how the exploration of Earth's oceans is informing our understanding of the potential habitability of these icy moons, and draws lessons from what we have learned about the origins of life on our own planet to consider how life could arise on these distant worlds. Alien Oceans describes what lies ahead in our search for life in our solar system and beyond, setting the stage for the transformative discoveries that may await us.