The little book of exoplanets / Joshua Winn.
"The first detection in 1995 of a planet orbiting a sun-like star outside our solar system marked the dawn of a new age of discovery-one that has rapidly transformed astronomy and our broader understanding of our place in the universe. Nearly five thousand exoplanets have been identified since...
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Princeton, New Jersey :
Princeton University Press,
[2023]
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The old worlds
- The age of exploration
- Here, there be giants
- The new worlds
- Strange new worlds
- Strange new suns
- The worlds to come.