Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-345) and index.
Contents:
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 -- Earthclones -- Exomoons -- Rogue planets -- The search for life beyond Earth -- The solar system -- Sniffing biosignatures -- Send in the nanobots -- E.T. phone home -- Energy footprints -- The Drake equation -- The Fermi 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.
Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.