Alien oceans : the search for life in the depths of space / Kevin Peter Hand.

Alien oceans : the search for life in the depths of space / Kevin Peter Hand.

By
Hand, Kevin Peter.

Publication Date
2020

Publication Information
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,

Physical Description
xii, 281 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., charts.

Subject Term
Life on other planets.
 
Exobiology.

Summary
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.

Language
English

ISBN
9780691179513

General Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.


LibraryCollectionCollectionCall NumberStatus
St. John's - A.C. Hunter (SJH)Adult NFicAdult Non-Fiction576.839 H19Checked In