02431cam a2200373 i 4500 1164576693 TxAuBib 20170501120000.0 160516s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2016018596 9781588345943 hardcover 1588345947 hardcover (OCoLC)950004255 DLC eng rda DLC OCLCF YDXCP BDX BTCTA SFR ABG ON8 JAI JP3 IGA IHX TxAuBib rda Summers, Michael E, author. Exoplanets : diamond worlds, super Earths, pulsar planets, and the new search for life beyond our solar system / Michael Summers, James Trefil. Diamond worlds, super Earths, pulsar planets, and the new search for life beyond our solar system. Washington, DC : Smithsonian Books, [2017] ©2017. 218 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes index. Not your grandfather's galaxy -- Our backyard -- A plurality of worlds -- What is a planet? -- The Kepler spacecraft -- 55 Cancri E : diamond world -- Haven : rogue planet -- Ice world -- Kepler 186f : super Earth, archipelago world -- Gliese 1214b : water world -- Life on Earth -- The search for extraterrestrial life -- The search for extraterrestrial intelligence -- The Fermi Paradox. "The past few years have seen an incredible explosion in our knowledge of the universe. Since its 2009 launch, the Kepler satellite has discovered more than two thousand exoplanets, or planets outside our solar system. More exoplanets are being discovered all the time, and even more remarkable than the sheer number of exoplanets is their variety. In Exoplanets, astronomer Michael Summers and physicist James Trefil explore these remarkable recent discoveries: planets revolving around pulsars, planets made of diamond, planets that are mostly water, and numerous rogue planets wandering through the emptiness of space,"--NoveList. 20170501. Extrasolar planets. Planets. Life on other planets. Extraterrestrial beings. Trefil, James S., 1938-, author. TXKIP