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1 Online-Ressource (233 pages)
ISBN:
9780190864064
Content:
The Kepler space telescope spent four years looking for Earth-like planets in our galaxy. A revolution in thinking about our place in the universe resulted. Are Earths commonplace, or rare? Are we likely to be alone in the universe? Only Kepler could answer these questions. Author Alan Boss, the Chair of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group, presents what the Kepler mission found
Content:
Cover -- Universal Life -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Prologue -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Don't Take No for an Answer -- 2. Waiting for Kepler to Deliver the Goods -- 3. Astro 2010 Comes to Bat -- 4. Barcelona Is in Catalonia, Not in Spain -- 5. Witness Protection Program -- 6. The President Proposes, Congress Disposes -- 7. Open for Business, Under New Management -- 8. Bring Out Your Dead -- 9. Ominous Signs from Maryland -- 10. Ground-Based Telescopes Score a Hat Trick -- 11. And That's Not All -- 12. Proxima Centauri b Arrives on Stage -- 13. Speaking of the Decadal Survey -- 14. November 8, 2016, A Date Which Will -- 15. And the Winners Are -- 16. Say, Could You Help Me Out? -- 17. The Pre-Decadal-Survey Decadal Survey -- Finale -- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780190864057
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Boss, Alan, 1951 - Universal life New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019 ISBN 9780190864057
Language:
English
Keywords:
Außerirdisches Leben
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Extrasolarer Planet
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