Alien oceans : the search for life in the depths of space / Kevin Peter Hand.
TITLE:
Alien oceans : the search for life in the depths of space / Kevin Peter Hand.
Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press,
Physical Description:
xii, 281 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., charts.
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.
