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Impey, Chris 1956-

Worlds without end : exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity / Chris Impey. - 368 pages; ilutratation 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Searching for distant worlds -- The visionaries -- Doppler wobble -- Chasing shadows -- Seeing is believing -- Calling Pandora -- The next wave -- Milky Way census -- Habitability and the exoplanet zoo -- Gas giants -- Ice giants -- Water worlds -- Earth clones -- Exomoons -- Rogue planets -- The search for life beyond Earth -- The solar system -- Sniffing biosignatures -- Send in the nanobots -- ET phone home -- Energy footprints -- The Drake equation -- Fermi's question -- The promise of space exploration -- Habitable Earth -- Space boom -- How to get to space -- Going to the moon and Mars -- Mining asteroids -- Living beyond Earth.

"WORLDS WITHOUT END: EXOPLANETS, HABITABILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY will present the scientific missions exploring exoplanets through the lens of habitability and our survival in the universe"--

ISBN: 9780262047661

LCCN: 2022018596

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Extrasolar planets.
Habitable planets.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Outer space--Exploration.

LC Class. No.: QB820 / IM34 2023

Dewey Class. No.: 523.2/4