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Habitable Worlds around Distant Stars
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  • Authored by: Joseph A. Angelo, Jr.
  • From the Series: Life in the Universe
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  • ISBN-10: 1438193637
  • ISBN-13: 978-1-4381-9363-2
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  • Imprint: Facts On File
  • Published: 05/01/2020
  • Dewey Number: 621.43
  • Reading Level: Grades 9 and up

Summary

This eBook provides an in-depth account of past and present efforts to find habitable worlds beyond our solar system on extrasolar planets, or planets that belong to a star other than the Sun. With growing evidence of exoplanets, astronomers are working to validate the hypothesis that planet formation is a normal part of stellar evolution. This eBook ultimately describes how astronomers are detecting planets around distant stars. Special attention is given to the role of NASA's space-based, exoplanet observatories, such as the Kepler Space Telescope and Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

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About the Author(s)

Joseph A. Angelo, Jr., Ph.D., a retired lieutenant colonel with the U.S. Air Force, is currently a technical writer and a consulting futurist. Over the past 40 years, he has served as an adjunct professor at the Florida Institute of Technology, Rollins College, and Valencia College, specializing in space technology, nuclear technology, and astronomy.

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