Universal Life: An Inside Look Behind the Race to Discover Life Beyond Earth

by Alan Boss

After decades of painstaking planning, NASA's first dedicated exoplanet detection mission, the Kepler space telescope, was launched in 2009 from Cape Canaveral. Kepler began a years-long mission of looking for Earth-like planets amongst the millions of stars in the northern constellations of Lyra and Cygnus. Kepler's successful launch meant that it was only a matter of time before we would know just how many Earth-like planets exist in our galaxy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190864052
• ISBN13: 9780190864057
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"