THE LITTLE BOOK OF EXOPLANETS

A concise and accessible introduction to exoplanets that explains the cutting-edge science behind recent discoveries. For centuries, people have speculated about the possibility of planets orbiting distant stars, but only since the 1990s has technology allowed astronomers to detect them. At this point, more than five thousand such exoplanets have been identified, with the pace of discovery accelerating after the launch of NASAs Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite and the Webb Space Telescope. In The Little Book of Exoplanets, Prince...[Read more]