Twenty worlds : the extraordinary story of planets around other stars / Niall Deacon.

"Thirty years ago, the only planets we knew were the ones orbiting our own sun; we now know of thousands of other worlds orbiting distant stars. In this book, astronomer Niall Deacon journeys to twenty of these globes: from giant, blisteringly hot planets orbiting close to their parent stars to...

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Main Author: Deacon, Niall (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Reaktion Books, 2020.
Series:Universe (London, England)
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Table of Contents:
  • World beyond expectation
  • World obscuring
  • Tempestuous world
  • Glimmer of atmosphere
  • World in reverse
  • Flash from darkness
  • World you can't set your watch by
  • Contrasting sibling
  • World like ours?
  • Unseen embryo
  • World through the blur
  • Ember spat from a fire
  • Lonely planet
  • Dreich world?
  • Cursed world
  • World that's just right?
  • World bombarded
  • Dark cloak of death
  • World torn asunder
  • Diamond born from death
  • Epilogue: yet more worlds
  • Appendix: Twenty worlds.