Exoplanets: Diamond Worlds, Super Earths, Pulsar Planets, and the New Search for Life Beyond Our Solar System

by James S. Trefil and Michael Summers

Book Overview

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... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1588345947
• ISBN13: 9781588345943
• Release Date: March 2017
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher