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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Alan Boss is an astrophysicist and and has been helping NASA plan its search for exoplanets since 1988. For the past thirty-five years, Boss has been on staff at the Carnegie Institution for Science in the Department of Terrestrial Magnetism. He leads a ground-based astrometric planet search effort at the Las Campanas Observatory in Chile. He currently chairs NASA's Exoplanet Exploration Program(ExEP) Analysis Group and the ExEP Technology Assessment Committee. Boss is a member of the NASA Astrophysics Advisory Committee and the National Academy of Sciences Committee on the Astrobiology Science Strategy for the Search for Life in the Universe.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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
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