Exoplanets: The Search for Earth's Twin

It has been recognised for centuries that, statistically, the Earth must be one of many, literally billions, of planets in our Galaxy, but the first planets beyond the solar system were recognised only 30 years ago. This book sets out to show the variety of the over 6,000 planets orbiting other stars that are now known by describing 50 of them. Few resemble our own Earth, although the largest tele...