Winn, Joshua N.
Summary: As recently as 1990, it seemed plausible that the solar system was a unique phenomenon in our galaxy. Thanks to advances in technology and clever new uses of existing data, now we know that planetary systems and possibly even a new Earth can be found throughout galaxies near and far. We are living during a new golden age of planetary discovery, with the prospect of finding many worlds like...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2015
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 523.24Call number: DVD 523.24 SEA
Winn, Joshua N.
Summary: Designed for everyone from armchair explorers to serious skywatchers, The Search for Exoplanets follows the numerous twists and turns in the hunt for exoplanets-the false starts, the sudden breakthroughs, and the extraordinary discoveries.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2015
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Summary: This course explores the development of our knowledge of the solar system from the simple pondering of the motions in the sky to the latest discoveries of modern astrophysics.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 520 NEWMeyer, David Michael
Contents: Disc 1. Probing the cosmos from space -- The magnetic beauty of the active sun -- Mars: water and the search for life -- Vesta and the asteroid belt -- The dark side of the bullet cluster -- Saturn: the rings of enchantment -- The ice moons Europa and Enceladus -- Disc 2. The search for other Earths -- The Swan Nebula -- The Seven Sisters and their stardust veil -- Future supernova, Eta Carinae...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014