Extrasolar planets and astrobiology /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Scharf, Caleb, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Sausalito, Calif. : University Science Books, [2009]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction, background, and preview
  • Proto-stellar collapse and star formation
  • Planet formation
  • Extrasolar planets
  • Life : a brief history, and its boundaries
  • Planetary radiation, comparative planetology, biosignatures, and Daisyworld
  • Cosmochemistry, dust, and prebiotic molecules
  • Comets, meteorites, and proto-planetary disk structure
  • Habitable zones
  • Alternate habitable zones and beyond.