Foreword -- Part A. Evidence for black holes, large and small. The heart of darkness -- Black holes from star death -- Supermassive black holes -- Gravitational engines -- Part B. Black holes, past, ...

Our universe is filled with floating nebulae, spinning planets and black holes. But if we closed our eyes and listened, what would these celestial objects sound like? Would we hear a faint whoosh? Or ...

Viking : discovering the Red Planet -- MER : the little rovers that could -- Voyager : grand tour of the solar system -- Cassini : bright rings and icy worlds -- Stardust : catching a comet by the ...

This book grew out of the workshop 'Astrobiology: Expanding our Views of Society and Self, ' held at the University of Arizona's (UA) Biosphere 2 Institute in May 2008. Contents Astrobiology, ethics, ...

1. Proximate -- Separated at birth -- Planetary zoo -- Distant worlds -- Stellar nursery -- The edge of darkness -- 2. Remote -- Island universe -- Cosmic ...