Wholesale Worlds Without End: Exoplanets, Habitability, and the Future

This book presents the science of finding habitable planets beyond our solar system and establishing human civilization beyond Earth. Chris Impey, a leading interpreter of astronomy and space science, guides readers through the fast-developing field of astrobiology. He surveys the dizzying advances that bring us closer to discovering life beyond Earth and the prospect of human life on another planet. Since 1995, over 4,000 exoplanets, including hundreds of Earth-like and potentially habitable ones, have been discovered, many by the Kepler satellite. Impey provides a state-of-the-art account of this progress, its implications, and the science that may hold the answers. The existential threats on Earth make this search urgent. Could space be our salvation? Worlds without End explores the science, from habitability to space exploration, that may hold the answers. (This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)