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- Alien earths : the new science of planet hunting in the cosmos / by Kaltenegger, Lisa,1977-author.(CARDINAL)890493;
Includes index.Introduction : a message from our pale blue dot -- At the brink of finding life in this cosmos -- How to build a habitable world -- What is life? -- How to search for life in the cosmos -- Worlds that shook science -- No place like home -- At the edge of cosmic knowledge -- Epilogue : spaceship Earth."Riveting and timely, a look at the research that is transforming our understanding of the cosmos in the quest to discover whether we are alone. For thousands of years, humans have wondered whether we're alone in the cosmos. Now, for the first time, we have the technology to investigate. But once you look for life elsewhere, you realize it is not so simple. How do you find it over cosmic distances? What actually is life? As founding director of Cornell University's Carl Sagan Institute, astrophysicist Lisa Kaltenegger has built a team of tenacious scientists from many disciplines to create a specialized toolkit to find life on faraway worlds. In Alien Earths, she demonstrates how we can use our homeworld as a Rosetta Stone, creatively analyzing Earth's history and its astonishing biosphere to inform this search. With infectious enthusiasm, she takes us on an eye-opening journey to the most unusual exoplanets that have shaken our worldview - planets covered in oceans of lava, lonely wanderers lost in space, and others with more than one sun in their sky! And the best contenders for Alien Earths. We also see the imagined worlds of science fiction and how close they come to reality. With the James Webb Space Telescope and Dr. Kaltenegger's pioneering work, she shows that we live in an incredible new epoch of exploration. As our witty and knowledgeable tour guide, Dr. Kaltenegger shows how we discover not merely new continents, like the explorers of old, but whole new worlds circling other stars and how we could spot life there. Worlds from where aliens may even be gazing back at us. What if we're not alone?"--- Subjects: Informational works.; Planets; Life on other planets.; Extrasolar planets.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.;
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- The search for exoplanets [videorecording] : what astronomers know / by Winn, Joshua N.; Teaching Company.;
Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-175) in course guidebook.Professor Joshua N. Winn, Massachussetts Institute of Technology.Lecturer: Professor Joshua N. Winn, Massachussetts Institute of Technology.As recently as 1990, it seemed plausible that the solar system was a unique phenomenon in our galaxy. Thanks to advances in technology and clever new uses of existing data, now we know that planetary systems and possibly even a new Earth can be found throughout galaxies near and far. We are living during a new golden age of planetary discovery, with the prospect of finding many worlds like Earth. Most of the thousands of planets we've detected can't be imaged directly, but researchers are able to use subtle clues obtained in ingenious ways to assemble an astonishing picture of planetary systems far different from our own. We are in the midst of an astronomical revolution, comparable to the Copernican revolution that established our current view of the solar system-and we invite you to take part. Embark on this unrivaled adventure in 24 lectures by a veteran planet hunter. Designed for everyone from armchair explorers to serious skywatchers, The Search for Exoplanets follows the numerous twists and turns in the hunt for exoplanets-the false starts, the sudden breakthroughs, and the extraordinary discoveries. Explore systems containing super-Earths, mini-Neptunes, lava worlds, and even stranger worlds. You also get behind-the-scenes information on the techniques astronomers used to find evidence of planets at mind-boggling distances from our home base. Learn how astronomers determine how many planets are in a system, as well as how large they are and the characteristics of their atmospheres.- Subjects: Films for the hearing impaired.; DVDs.; Astronomy.; Extrasolar planets.; Life on other planets.; Galaxies.; Planets.; Cosmology.;
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- Uncentering the Earth : Copernicus and The revolutions of the heavenly spheres / by Vollmann, William T.(CARDINAL)752349;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-294).- Subjects: Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543.; Copernicus, Nicolaus, 1473-1543; Astronomy;
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- The universe : a biography / by Murdin, Paul,author.(CARDINAL)352703;
The questions that revealed the universe was born -- The Big Bang: the birth of it all -- Randomness becomes structure: the formation of the first galaxies -- The dark ages and the emerging cosmic dawn -- Our galaxy: birth and cannibalism -- Ancestors, siblings and children: the stars and the sun -- The Sun: a star in its maturity -- Stars that die: the biggest bangs since the Big Bang -- The birth of the Solar System -- Chaos and collisions in the Solar System -- The Earth: a world of difference -- Sequel: the future life of the universe -- Prequel: what caused the Big Bang explosion?"The story of our Universe, from its beginning in the first milliseconds of the Big Bang right up to our present moment and beyond, told in a gripping narrative. Everyone knows astronomers use telescopes to peer into distant space. They also use them as a time machine to look back into the past. In this brilliant and original book, Paul Murdin lays out the entire history of the Universe backwards along a line of sight through space, from here on Earth into the distance, leading us step by step through the deep history of time and space. We live in a golden age of science writing, where weighty subjects such as quantum physics and genetics are routinely rendered intelligible to mass audiences. Our knowledge of the Universe has been greatly advanced through cutting-edge scientific research, as well as a new age of space exploration and discovery. Murdin draws on his huge experience in the field of explaining such difficult concepts as black holes, nebulas and dark matter to describe the most important characters and events in the history of our Universe: the most powerful explosions, the largest planets, galaxies and the celestial bodies most relevant to our story. Everyone can see that it is dark at night, but not all know that this proves that the universe had a beginning. Or that two-thirds of the atoms in your body are hydrogen atoms formed in the first few minutes of the Big Bang: you are a by-product of the manufacture of galaxies and stars. Murdin ends by offering a glimpse into future of our Universe and what it means to us all."--- Subjects: Informational works.; Cosmology.;
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