New Worlds in the Cosmos: The Discovery of Exoplanets - Brief Article - Book Review

Science News, Nov 22, 2003

In 1995, Mayor and Didier Queloz discovered the first planet outside our solar system. This finding, and the detection of more than 100 other exoplanets since then, provokes speculation about the possibility of life elsewhere in the universe. Mayor teams with science journalist Frei to recount his personal story in this search for planets orbiting suns other than our own.

The authors elaborate on the ramifications of Mayor's and others' discoveries and current thinking about the elements and life-forms the universe harbors beyond this solar system. Originally published in France in 2001. CUP, 2003, 248 p., color plates/b&w illus., hardcover, $30.00.

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