Universal Life - An Inside Look Behind the Race to Discover Life Beyond Earth Boss Alan Research Staff Member Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Carnegie InstitutionPevná vazba
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…
Specifikacia Universal Life - An Inside Look Behind the Race to Discover Life Beyond Earth Boss Alan Research Staff Member Department of Terrestrial Magnetism Carnegie InstitutionPevná vazba
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