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The Planet Factory
- Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth
Engelsk Paperback
The Planet Factory
- Exoplanets and the Search for a Second Earth
Engelsk Paperback

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Forget about rockets to Mars – the future of space science lies with the search for exoplanets

Twenty years ago, the search for planets outside the Solar System was the preserve of science-fiction writers. Now it’s one of the fastest-growing fields in astronomy, with thousands of exoplanets discovered to date, and the number rising fast.

These new-found worlds are more alien than anything in fiction. Planets larger than Jupiter with years lasting a week; others with two suns lighting their skies, or with no sun at all. Planets with diamond mantles supporting oceans of tar; possible Earth-sized worlds with split hemispheres of perpetual day and night; waterworlds drowning under global oceans and volcanic lava planets awash with seas of magma. The discovery of this diversity is just the beginning. There is a whole galaxy of possibilities.

The Planet Factory tells the story of these exoplanets. What can we learn about these faraway surface environments and planetary atmospheres? And do the results hint at the tantalising possibility of alien life?

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
352
ISBN-13:
9781472917744
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
147291774X
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
21 feb 2019
Længde:
23mm
Bredde:
197mm
Højde:
129mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
21 feb 2019
Forfatter(e):
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