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The book describes the 2017 detection of ʻOumuamua, the first known interstellar object to pass through the Solar System. [8] [9] Loeb, an astronomer at Harvard University, speculates that the object might be an extraterrestrial artifact, [10] a suggestion considered unlikely by the scientific community collectively.
[5] A Daily Kos book reviewer writes that Interstellar "provides a realistic and practical blueprint for how a [human and alien life] interaction might actually occur, resetting our cultural understanding and expectation of what it means to identify an extraterrestrial object. ... [the author] also lays out the profound implications of becoming ...
There’s so much to learn about the universe. Here’s where to start.
Sidney C. Wolff, National Optical Astronomy Observatory John Beck, Stanford University Susan D. Benecchi, Planetary Science Institute John Bochanski, Rider University Howard Bond, Pennsylvania State University, Emeritus, Space Telescope Science Institute Jennifer Carson, Occidental College Bryan Dunne, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The Complete Book of Outer Space is a 1953 collection of essays about space exploration edited by Jeffrey Logan. It first appeared as a magazine, published by Maco Magazine Corp. The first book publication was by Gnome Press in 1953 in an edition of 3,000 copies.
Space Atlas: Mapping the Universe and Beyond is a National Geographic book written by American physicist James S. Trefil, Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University in 2012. It is subdivided into three parts, including photography, star charts, and general information surrounding the Solar System , the Milky Way galaxy , and the ...
Horizons: Exploring the Universe is an astronomy textbook that was written by Michael A. Seeds and Dana E. Backman. It is in its 14th edition (as of 2019 [update] ), and is used in some colleges as a guide book for introductory astronomy classes.
The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective is a book by the astronomer Carl Sagan, produced by Jerome Agel.It was originally published in 1973; an expanded edition with contributions from Freeman Dyson, David Morrison, and Ann Druyan was published in 2000 under the title Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection. [1]