Universal Life
An Inside Look Behind the Race to Discover Life Beyond Earth
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 25 April 2019
- ISBN 9780190864057
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages228 pages
- Size 241x163x20 mm
- Weight 454 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 17 color halftones, 7 b/w halftones, and 6 line art 0
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Short description:
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.
MoreLong description:
After decades of painstaking planning, NASA's first dedicated exoplanet detection mission, the Kepler space telescope, was launched in 2009 from Cape Canaveral. Kepler began a years-long mission of looking for Earth-like planets amongst the millions of stars in the northern constellations of Lyra and Cygnus. Kepler's successful launch meant that it was only a matter of time before we would know just how many Earth-like planets exist in our galaxy. A revolution in thinking about our place in the universe was about to occur, depending on what Kepler found. Are Earths commonplace or rare? Are we likely to be alone in the universe? Only Kepler could start to answer these vexing questions.
Universal Life provides a unique viewpoint on the epochal events of the last two decades and the excitement of what will transpire in the coming decades. Author Alan Boss's perspective on this story is unmatched. Boss is the Chair of NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group, and was also on the Kepler Mission science team. Kepler proved that essentially every star in the night sky has a planetary system, and that most of these systems contain a habitable world, potentially capable of evolving and supporting life. Universal Life summarizes the current state of exoEarth knowledge, and also reveals what will happen next in the post-Kepler world, namely the narrowing of the search for habitable worlds to the stars that are the closest to Earth, those that offer the best chances for future ground- and space-based telescopes to search for, and detect, possible signs of life in their atmospheres. We have come far in the search for life beyond the Earth, but the most exciting phase is about to begin: we may soon be able to prove that we are not alone in the universe.
If you've ever wanted to understand why space missions take decades to be realised, with some science highlights scattered in between, then give Boss's latest book a go. It's a page-turner that is worthy of multiple rereads.
Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1: Don't Take No for an Answer
Chapter 2: Waiting for Kepler to Deliver the Goods
Chapter 3: Astro 2010 Comes to Bat
Chapter 4: Barcelona is in Catalonia, Not in Spain
Chapter 5: Witness Protection Program
Chapter 6: The President Proposes, Congress Disposes
Chapter 7: Open for Business, Under New Management
Chapter 8: Bring Out Your Dead
Chapter 9: Ominous Signs from Maryland
Chapter 10: Ground-based Telescopes Score a Hat Trick
Chapter 11: And That's Not All
Chapter 12: Proxima Centauri b Arrives on Stage
Chapter 13: Speaking of the Decadal Survey
Chapter 14: November 9, 2016, A Day That Shall
Chapter 15: And the Winners Are
Chapter 16: Say, Could You Help Me Out
Chapter 17: The Pre-Decadal-Survey Decadal Survey
Finale
List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
Index
