LEADER 04102nam 22006975 450 001 9910820636503321 005 20200702001201.0 010 $a1-282-36333-6 010 $a9786612363337 010 $a1-4419-0513-8 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4419-0513-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000798499 035 $a(EBL)993164 035 $a(OCoLC)809769560 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000292846 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11228907 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000292846 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10269637 035 $a(PQKB)10502541 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4419-0513-0 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC993164 035 $z(PPN)258855908 035 $a(PPN)139952810 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000798499 100 $a20100301d2009 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Cosmic Keyhole$b[electronic resource] $eHow Astronomy Is Unlocking the Secrets of the Universe /$fby Will Gater 205 $a1st ed. 2009. 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cSpringer New York :$cImprint: Springer,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (261 p.) 225 1 $aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4899-8140-3 311 $a1-4419-0512-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aWater and the Search for Life in our Solar System -- The Hardiest Microbes on Earth -- The Hunt for Life Begins -- Where Does Water Flow? -- Our Active Solar System -- Cassini and Its Saturnian Adventure -- The Hidden Wanderers and a Cometary Meeting -- Worlds Around Other Stars -- Planetary Nurseries and Dusty Discs -- The Discovery of Extrasolar Planets -- The Universe at Large -- The Universe on a Grand Scale -- The Era of Hubble ? From Disaster to Deep Field -- Star Life in Starlight -- Exotic Space. 330 $aIt is 400 years since Galileo first turned the newly invented telescope towards the heavens and saw things that few had ever seen before. His discoveries, along with those of his contemporaries, completely changed our view of the world. Since that time, there have been many revolutions in our understanding of the universe, some perhaps even more revolutionary than the ones from Galileo?s time. In this book, Will Gater leads us through various recent advances in modern astronomy that have increased our understanding of the universe and seen it grow from a single Solar System full of intriguing worlds to a galaxy filled with other star systems and their own planets ? maybe even Earthlike worlds. This is a journey like no other. What you glimpse through Gater?s keyhole is vast, breathtakingly beautiful, and sometimes utterly bizarre, certainly unfamiliar to those of us on Terra Firma. From the desolate plains of Mars and the frozen moons of the outer Solar System, from the Milky Way to the ends of the universe, you will learn of wonders often hard to describe and sometimes even harder to fathom. And you, too, will come to know some of the enthralling secrets of the universe. 410 0$aAstronomers' Universe,$x1614-659X 606 $aAstronomy 606 $aAstrophysics 606 $aPlanetology 606 $aPopular Science in Astronomy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/Q11009 606 $aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P22006 606 $aPlanetology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G18010 607 $aOuter space$xExploration$vPopular works 615 0$aAstronomy. 615 0$aAstrophysics. 615 0$aPlanetology. 615 14$aPopular Science in Astronomy. 615 24$aAstronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology. 615 24$aPlanetology. 676 $a523.1 700 $aGater$b Will$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01711613 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910820636503321 996 $aThe Cosmic Keyhole$94103067 997 $aUNINA