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245 1 0 _aAlien oceans :
_bthe search for life in the depths of space /
_cKevin Peter Hand.
264 1 _aPrinceton :
_bPrinceton University Press,
_c[2020]
264 4 _c�2020
300 _a1 online resource (xii, 281 pages) :
_bcolor illustrations
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
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338 _aonline resource
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _gAcknowledgments -- PART I:
_tOCEANS NEAR AND FAR.
_gPrologue:
_tThe bottom --
_gChapter 1.
_tOcean worlds on Earth and beyond --
_gChapter 2.
_tThe new Goldilocks --
_gPART II:
_tDISCOVERING AN OCEAN IN THREE EASY PIECES.
_gChapter 3.
_tThe rainbow connection --
_gChapter 4.
_tBabysitting a spacecraft --
_gChapter 5.
_tHow I learned to love airport security --
_gChapter 6.
_tLady with a veil --
_gChapter 7.
_tThe queen of carbon --
_gChapter 8.
_tOceans everywhere --
_gPART III:
_tTHE JOURNEY FROM HABITABLE TO INHABITED.
_gChapter 9.
_tBecoming inhabited --
_gChapter 10.
_tOrigins in an alien ocean --
_gChapter 11.
_tBuilding an ocean world biosphere --
_gChapter 12.
_tThe octopus and the hammer --
_gChapter 13.
_tA periodic table for life --
_gChapter 14.
_tSeeking signs of life --
_gChapter 15.
_tA new age of ocean exploration --
_gEndnotes -- Index.
520 _a"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. Kevin Peter Hand is one of today's leading NASA scientists, and his pioneering research has taken him on expeditions around the world. In this captivating account of scientific discovery, he brings together insights from planetary science, biology, and the adventures of scientists like himself to explain how we know that oceans exist within moons of the outer solar system, like Europa, Titan, and Enceladus. He shows how the exploration of Earth's oceans is informing our understanding of the potential habitability of these icy moons, and draws lessons from what we have learned about the origins of life on our own planet to consider how life could arise on these distant worlds. Alien Oceans describes what lies ahead in our search for life in our solar system and beyond, setting the stage for the transformative discoveries that may await us."--
_cProvided by publisher
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aPrint version record; online resource viewed March 11, 2021.
590 _aIEEE
_bIEEE Xplore Princeton University Press eBooks Library
650 0 _aLife on other planets.
_965494
650 0 _aExobiology.
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650 6 _aVie extraterrestre.
_965496
650 6 _aExobiologie.
_965497
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776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aHand, Kevin.
_tAlien Oceans : The Search for Life in the Depths of Space.
_dPrinceton : Princeton University Press, �2020
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