"Version: 20160401"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. Exploring Earth and beyond -- 1.1. Curiosity -- 1.2. Observations from afar -- 1.3. Personal visits -- 1.4. Robotic visits2. The ABC of exoplanets -- 2.1. What is a planet? -- 2.2. What is an exoplanet? -- 2.3. Detecting exopl…
"Version: 20171101"--Title page verso."A Morgan & Claypool publication as part of IOP Concise Physics"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. What is life? -- 1.2. Could life be silicon-based? -- 1.3. Time constraints -- 1.4. Scenarios for the origin of life on Earth -- 1.5. Searching for life beyond Earth2. Cosmic synthesis of the biologically important c…
"Version: 20181001"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. In the beginning -- 1.2. What is “life”? -- 1.3. The Miller-Urey experiment -- 1.4. General background and definitions2. What is the origin of the lightest elements? -- 2.1. The Big Bang -- 2.2. The Supernova Cosmology Project, the High-Z Supernova Project, and the SHOES Collaboration -- 2.3. T…
"Version: 202112"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why does habitability matter? -- 1.2. Defining habitability -- 1.3. The terrestrial planet demographic2. Habitability factors -- 2.1. An intricate puzzle -- 2.2. Stellar astrophysics -- 2.3. Planetary properties -- 2.4. The planetary system -- 2.5. A statistical approach3. Nature's fusion reactors --…