Two scientists provide a popular account of the search for planetary systems outside our own solar system, detailing the technology and scientific techniques that make such searches possible and the discoveries that have been made.
There have recently been many exciting developments in the search for planetary-sized bodies orbiting Sun-like stars. This book provides a timely, readable, yet comprehensive overview of this fast moving field. It presents the very latest discoveries…
Chronicles the momentous ten month period of discovery between 1995 and 1996 that revealed no less than five new solar systems, with profound implications for the search for extra-terrestrial intelligence
Launched in 1977 NASA's Voyager mission to the four gas giants and beyond is one of history's most iconic, monumental, and scientifically relevant journeys of exploration. Two robotic spacecraft embarked on a voyage to answer the very same cosmic…
Sinds ruimtetuigen de meeste planeten van ons zonnestelsel hebben bezocht, is onze kennis over het ontstaan en het uitzicht van de planeten spectaculair toegenomen.Dit handige boekwerkje biedt een overzicht van onze kennis over de planeten en hun…