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Alien Oceans: The Search for Life in the Depths of Space
Science > Space Science - General
- Princeton University Press
- Paperback
- 9780691207889
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- Science > Space Science - General
- (Single Author) Asian American
- English
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Book Description
Inside the epic quest to find life on the water-rich moons at the outer reaches of the solar system
Where is the best place to find life beyond Earth? We often look to Mars as the most promising site in our solar system, but recent scientific missions have revealed that some of the most habitable real estate may actually lie farther away. Beneath the frozen crusts of several of the small, ice-covered moons of Jupiter and Saturn lurk vast oceans that may have been in existence for as long as Earth. Could there be organisms living in their depths? Alien Oceans reveals the science behind the thrilling quest to find out.
Author Bio
Kevin Peter Hand is an astrobiologist and Deputy Project Scientists, Europe with JPL. He studies and researches Earth]s extreme environment to gain insights into the climate conditions and study possibilities of life on Jupiter's moon Europa.
- Research Interests
Icy moons and ocean worlds of the outer solar system
Electromagentic field interactions at icy worlds
Radiolytic chemistry in planetary and astrophysical environments
Spectroscopic biogsignatures
Understanding the connection between terrestrial cryosphere processes the climate change record
Education
- B.A. Physics, B.A. Psychology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire (1998)
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2002)
Ph.D., Geological & Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, CA (2007)
Source: Jet Propulsion Lab - California Institute of Technology
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