Description: NPR's Best Books of 2020 American Scientist's 2020 Science Book Gift Guide Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system. Where is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may actually lie farther away. Beneath the frozen crusts of several of the small, ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn lurk vast oceans that may have been in existence for as long as Earth, and together may contain more than fifty times its total volume of liquid water. Could there be organisms living in their depths? Alien Oceans reveals the science behind the thrilling quest to find out. Kevin Peter Hand is one of today's leading NASA scientists, and his pioneering research has taken him on expeditions around the world. In this captivating account of scientific discovery, he brings together insights from planetary science, biology, and the adventures of scientists like himself to explain how we know that oceans exist within moons of the outer solar system, like Europa, Titan, and Enceladus. He shows how the exploration of Earth's oceans is informing our understanding of the potential habitability of these icy moons, and draws lessons from what we have learned about the origins of life on our own planet to consider how life could arise on these distant worlds. Alien Oceans describes what lies ahead in our search for life in our solar system and beyond, setting the stage for the transformative discoveries that may await us.
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Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
PublishedOn: 2020-05-05
Signed: No
Book Series: Historical
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Original Language: English
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Edition: First Edition
Vintage: No
Personalize: No
Type: Novel
Era: 2020s
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, First Print
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Unit Quantity: 1 Book
Book Title: Alien Oceans : the Search for Life in the Depths of Space
Number of Pages: 304 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Topic: Space Science, Earth Sciences / General, Astronomy
Publication Year: 2020
Item Height: 1.1 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Science
Item Weight: 23 Oz
Author: Kevin Hand
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
