687: Strange New Worlds: 2of2: Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System Revised Edition.m by Ray Jayawardhana (Author)
Photo: No known restrictions on publication.2007 The View from Iapetus While on final approach for its Sept. 2007 close encounter with Saturn moon Iapetus, NASA Cassini spacecraft spun around to take in a sweeping view of the Saturn System. NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/contact http://JohnBatchelorShow.com/schedules Parler & Twitter: @BatchelorShow Strange New Worlds: 2of2: Search for Alien Planets and Life beyond Our Solar System Revised Edition.m by Ray Jayawardhana (https://www.amazon.com/Ray-Jayawardhana/e/B004BU49DO/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1) (Author) https://www.amazon.com/Strange-New-Worlds-Search-Planets-dp-069115807X/dp/069115807X/ref=mt_other?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1604892785 In Strange New Worlds, renowned astronomer Ray Jayawardhana brings news from the front lines of the epic quest to find planets--and alien life--beyond our solar system. Only in the past two decades, after millennia of speculation, have astronomers begun to discover planets around other stars--thousands in fact. Now they are closer than ever to unraveling distant twins of the Earth. In this book, Jayawardhana vividly recounts the stories of the scientists and the remarkable breakthroughs that have ushered in this extraordinary age of exploration. He describes the latest findings--including his own--that are challenging our view of the cosmos and casting new light on the origins and evolution of planets and planetary systems. He reveals how technology is rapidly advancing to support direct observations of Jupiter-like gas giants and super-Earths--rocky planets with several times the mass of our own planet--and how astronomers use biomarkers to seek possible life on other worlds.