Alien Oceans
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Alien Oceans

The Search for Life in the Depths of Space

Kevin Hand

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Alien Oceans

The Search for Life in the Depths of Space

Kevin Hand

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Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system

Where is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may actually lie farther out. Beneath the frozen crusts of several of the small, ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn lurk vast oceans that may have been in existence for as long as Earth, and together may contain more than fifty times its total volume of liquid water. Could there be organisms living in their depths? Alien Oceans reveals the science behind the thrilling quest to find out.

Kevin Peter Hand is one of today's leading NASA scientists whose pioneering research has taken him on expeditions around the world. In this captivating account of scientific exploration, he brings together insights from planetary science, biology, and the adventures of scientists like himself to explain how we know that oceans exist within moons of the outer solar system, like Europa, Titan, and Enceladus. He shows how the exploration of Earth's ocean is informing our understanding of the potential habitability of these icy moons, and draws lessons from what we have learned about the origins of life on our own planet to consider how life could arise on these distant worlds.

Alien Oceans describes what lies ahead in our search for life in our solar system and beyond, setting the stage for the transformative discoveries that may await us.

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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780691189642
Topic
Physical Sciences
Subtopic
Space Science

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Part I: Oceans Near and Far
  8. Part II: Discovering an Ocean in Three Easy Pieces
  9. Part III: The Journey from Habitable to Inhabited
  10. Part IV: The Next Steps
  11. Color Plates
  12. Notes
  13. Index
Citation styles for Alien Oceans

APA 6 Citation

Hand, K. (2020). Alien Oceans ([edition missing]). Princeton University Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/1250267/alien-oceans-pdf (Original work published 2020)

Chicago Citation

Hand, Kevin. (2020) 2020. Alien Oceans. [Edition missing]. Princeton University Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/1250267/alien-oceans-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Hand, K. (2020) Alien Oceans. [edition missing]. Princeton University Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/1250267/alien-oceans-pdf (Accessed: 25 September 2021).

MLA 7 Citation

Hand, Kevin. Alien Oceans. [edition missing]. Princeton University Press, 2020. Web. 25 Sept. 2021.