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Exoplanets : hidden worlds and the quest for extraterrestrial life / by Goldsmith, Donald,author.(CARDINAL)324855;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The long search for other solar systems -- Cosmic distances -- Early quests for exoplanets -- The breakthrough: measuring radial velocity precisely -- Finding exoplanets by their transits -- Directly observing exoplanets -- Detecting planets with Einstein's lens -- Two minor methods for finding exoplanets -- A gallery of strange new planets -- What have we learned? -- How planets form with their stars -- Habitable planets and the search for life -- Future approaches to hunting exoplanets -- Proxima calls:can we visit?.Using a variety of innovative techniques, astronomers have recently discovered thousands of planets that orbit stars throughout our Milky Way galaxy. Donald Goldsmith presents the science of exoplanets and the search for extraterrestrial life in a way that Earthlings with little background in astronomy or astrophysics can understand and enjoy. Much of what has captured the imagination of planetary scientists and the public at large is the unexpected strangeness of these distant worlds, which bear little resemblance to the planets in our solar system. The sizes, masses, and orbits of exoplanets detected so far raise new, unanswered questions about how planets form and evolve. Still more tantalizing are the efforts to determine which exoplanets might support life. Astronomers are steadily improving their means of examining planets' atmospheres and surfaces, with the help of advanced spacecraft sent into orbits a million miles from Earth to obtain finer views of the cosmos. These instruments will provide better observations of planetary systems in orbit around the dim red stars that throng the Milky Way. Previously spurned as too faint to support life, these cool stars turn out to possess myriad planets that nestle sufficiently close to maintain Earthlike temperatures. The quest to find other worlds brims with possibility. Exoplanets shows how astronomers have already broadened our planetary horizons, and tells us what may come next, including the ultimate discovery: life beyond our home planet.--
Subjects: Extrasolar planets.; Extrasolar planets; Life on other planets.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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The crowded universe : the search for living planets / by Boss, Alan,1951-(CARDINAL)647352;
The struggle to find new worlds -- Eccentric planets -- Kiss my lips, Tootsie -- The Mars gold rush -- Instability: if I did it, here's how it happened -- The battle of Prague -- The comedy central approach -- Transits gone wild -- 300 Solar systems and counting.
Subjects: Exobiology.; Extrasolar planets.; Habitable planets.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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One of ten billion earths : how we learn about our planet's past and future from distant exoplanets / by Schrijver, KarelAuthor(DLC)no2015046834;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Illustrated with breathtaking images of the Solar System and of the Universe around it, this book explores how the discoveries within the Solar System and of exoplanets far beyond it come together to help us understand the habitability of Earth, and how these findings guide the search for exoplanets that could support life. The author highlights how, within two decades of the discovery of the first planets outside the Solar System in the 1990s, scientists concluded that planets are so common that most stars are orbited by them. The lives of exoplanets and their stars, as of our Solar System and its Sun, are inextricably interwoven. Stars are the seeds around which planets form, and they provide light and warmth for as long as they shine. At the end of their lives, stars expel massive amounts of newly forged elements into deep space, and that ejected material is incorporated into subsequent generations of planets. How do we learn about these distant worlds? What does the exploration of other planets tell us about Earth? Can we find out what the distant future may have in store for us? What do we know about exoworlds and starbirth, and where do migrating hot Jupiters, polluted white dwarfs, and free-roaming nomad planets fit in? And what does all that have to do with the habitability of Earth, the possibility of finding extraterrestrial life, and the operation of the globe-spanning network of the sciences?
Subjects: Extrasolar planets.; Habitable planets.; Astronomy.;
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Five billion years of solitude : the search for life among the stars / by Billings, Lee,author.(CARDINAL)608488;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Looking for longevity -- Drake's orchids -- A fractured empire -- The worth of a world -- After the gold rush -- The big picture -- Out of equilibrium -- Aberrations of the light -- The order of the null -- Into the barren lands.An intimate history of Earth and the quest for life beyond the solar system traces the discoveries of thousands of "exoplanets" throughout the past two years, including some with Earth-like characteristics that could possibly support life.
Subjects: Extrasolar planets.; Life on other planets.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 6
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Exploring exoplanets / by Kops, Deborah.(CARDINAL)343553;
MARCIVE 4/3/12Includes bibliographical references (page 39) and index.Many suns and planets -- Hot jupiters and super-earths -- Looking for wobbles and dips -- Extrasolar planet hunters -- The future search for extrasolar planets.Looks at the nature of planets that lie beyond our solar system.650LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Extrasolar planets.; Extrasolar planets;
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Mirror Earth : the search for our planet's twin / by Lemonick, Michael D.,1953-(CARDINAL)372902;
Includes bibliographical references and index.The man who looked for blinking stars -- The man who looked for wobbling stars -- Hot Jupiters : who ordered those? -- An ancient question -- The dwarf-star strategy -- Imagining alien atmospheres -- Invasion of the female exoplaneteers -- Kepler approved -- Waiting for launch -- Kepler scooped -- "A 100 percent chance of life" -- The Kepler era begins -- Beyond Kepler -- How many Earths? -- What does "habitable" really mean? -- A world made of rock, at last -- Astronomers in paradise -- Sara's birthday party."In the mid-1990s, astronomers made history when they detected three planets orbiting stars in the Milky Way. The planets were nothing like Earth, however: They were giant gas balls like Jupiter or Saturn. More than five hundred planets have been found since then, yet none of them could support life. Now, armed with more powerful technology, planet hunters are racing to find a true twin of Earth. Science writer Michael D. Lemonick has unique access to these exoplaneteers, as they call themselves, and Mirror Earth unveils their passionate quest. Geoff Marcy, at the University of California, Berkeley, is the world's most successful planet hunter, having found two of the first three extra-solar planets. Bill Borucki, at the NASA Ames Research Center, struggled for more than a decade to launch the Kepler mission--the only planet finder, human or machine, to beat Marcy's record. David Charbonneau, at Harvard, realized that Earths would be much easier to find if he looked at tiny stars called M-dwarfs rather than stars like the Sun--and that he could use backyard telescopes to find them! Unlike those in other races, the competing scientists actually consult and cooperate with one another. But only one will be the first to find Earth's twin. Mirror Earth is poised to narrate this historic event as the discovery is made"--
Subjects: Extrasolar planets.; Planetary science.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The search for new planets / by Terp, Gail,1951-author.(CARDINAL)611260;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Follow the search for new planets through engaging text, vibrant photography, and powerful infographics.9-11.4-6.600LAccelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Extrasolar planets; Planets;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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I wonder about worlds : discovering planets and exoplanets / by Gladstone, James,1969-author.(CARDINAL)354262; Eshet, Yaara(Illustrator),illustrator.;
"In this gorgeously illustrated informational picture book, a child goes stargazing with their parent, and the night sky sparks the child's curiosity: 'When I look deep into the sky at night, I wonder, wonder about worlds.' Some worlds can be seen with our eyes, some through telescopes, some are seen in pictures sent back to Earth by spaceships, and others are so faraway, we can't see what they look like at all. The child then imagines themself (and their fox friend) rocketing through the Milky Way to visit planets beyond the solar system to see what worlds they can find. These faraway planets are called exoplanets and come in fascinating variety: one is a fiery 'lava world,' another is 'an ocean world with towering waves.' When the child lands their spaceship on an Earth-like exoplanet they discover that, unlike Earth, there are no people on the planet--and they decide it is time to return home to the world they know and love best. Non-fiction content: Each spread includes informational sidebars that explain the child's journey in clear, accessible language. The exoplanets that the child and the reader encounter in the story are not imaginary. The worlds that they imagine seeing and landing on are based on broad types of exoplanets that have been discovered very recently in the field of astronomical science. Captivating illustrations. The final spread is a map of the Solar System, which provides further information about our solar system."--
Subjects: Informational works.; Picture books.; Extrasolar planets; Planets;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Newly discovered planets : is there potential for life? / by Brezina, Corona,author.(CARDINAL)670104;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Surveys the current knowledge about extrasolar planets and speculates about which of these worlds might harbor life. Researching exoplanets is a thrilling new frontier in science. There are periodically fresh stories in the media about exoplanets and the possibility of life existing outside Earth's solar system. Readers learn about scientists' speculations on faraway alien life. Profiles of fascinating exoplanets are examined, as are the technical matters of how scientists use spectra to obtain data about stars and planets. The habitable zone of a planet, what extreme life has been discovered, and what life-forms might exist on some moons are studied, as well as the Kepler Mission, launched in 2009 to search for Earth-like planets.Grades 7-12.
Subjects: Young adult literature.; Young adult literature.; Life on other planets.; Extrasolar planets.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Exoplanets : diamond worlds, super Earths, pulsar planets, and the new search for life beyond our solar system / by Summers, Michael,1954-author.(CARDINAL)342013; Trefil, James,1938-author.(CARDINAL)155039;
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."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 the sheer number of exoplanets is their variety. In Exoplanets, astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that are mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the emptiness of space,"--NoveList.
Subjects: Extrasolar planets.; Planets.; Life on other planets.; Extraterrestrial beings.;
Available copies: 14 / Total copies: 14
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