The search for the Earth's twin : the extraordinary, cutting-edge story of the search for a distant planet like our own

Clark, Stuart (Stuart G.)2016

Books

Find it!
Remove The search for the Earth's twin : the extraordinary, cutting-edge story of the search for a distant planet like our own from your current list Save The search for the Earth's twin : the extraordinary, cutting-edge story of the search for a distant planet like our own to your current list

Total copies: 1

Available: 1

Availability by location

Place reservation

Summary

In 1995 two Swiss astronomers discovered a planet circling a star other than our Sun. This changed our perception of the Universe forever, proving that Earth and the other celestial bodies in our Solar System are not alone in outer space. Now, after a decade of exploration, more than 860 planets have been discovered, many of which are completely unlike anything else we know. Some are blacker than coal; some are bathed in molten lava; others are perpetually scoured by hurricane-force winds; some have not one sun but two that rise in the morning, and others are perpetually drowned in global oceans. But as well as strange, inhabitable lands, there is familiarity too. Some of these alien worlds are strikingly similar to planets in our Solar System.