Displaying 1 of 1 2023 Format: Book Author: Impey, Chris, author. Title: Worlds without end : exoplanets, habitability, and the future of humanity / Chris Impey. Publisher, Date: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2023] ©2023. Description: 376 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 23 cm Summary: "WORLDS WITHOUT END: EXOPLANETS, HABITABILITY, AND THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY will present the scientific missions exploring exoplanets through the lens of habitability and our survival in the universe"-- Provided by publisher. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Searching for distant worlds -- The visionaries -- Doppler wobble -- Chasing shadows -- Seeing is believing -- Calling Pandora -- The next wave -- Milky Way census -- Habitability and the exoplanet zoo -- Gas giants -- Ice giants -- Water worlds -- Earth clones -- Exomoons -- Rogue planets -- The search for life beyond Earth -- The solar system -- Sniffing biosignatures -- Send in the nanobots -- ET phone home -- Energy footprints -- The Drake equation -- Fermi's question -- The promise of space exploration -- Habitable Earth -- Space boom -- How to get to space -- Going to the moon and Mars -- Mining asteroids -- Living beyond Earth. Subjects: Extrasolar planets. Habitable planets. Outer space -- Exploration. ISBN: 9780262047661 (hardcover) 0262047667 Control Number: 2005031 Local Availability (physical copies):1 (of 1) System Availability (physical copies):3 (of 3) Place Request Add to My List Share Expand All | Collapse All Map It Large Cover Image Availability MARC Record Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1