Die Erforschung der Exoplaneten: Auf der Suche nach den Schwesterwelten des Sonnensystems
Bernhard Mackowiak
Language: German
Publisher: Kosmos
ISBN: 978-3-440-16259-0
Summary: Are there planets in other stars? It was not until 1995 that this question was answered in the affirmative. Since then, large telescopes and space probes have been searching for them. Almost 2,000 exoplanets are now known. 20 years after the first discovery, this book takes stock in detail: what types of exoplanets are known, how are they being searched for today and why is it so difficult to discover a second Earth?