Planet Hunting: Racking Up Data and Looking for Life (Future Space)

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In the vastness of space, countless planets exist. Scientists are actively studying as many of them as they can. How many could support life as Earth does? And what other wonderful worlds will our technology find?

An excellent and up-to-date book on exoplanets and how we discover them. Planet Hunting begins with an explanation of exoplanets and describes in age-appropriate detail how the transit method, "wobble method" (radial velocity method), and direct imaging work. . . .Glossary definitions on the same pages that challenging words appear are very helpful. This book is part of a Future Space series from Capstone but it's my favorite of the lot.-- "The Planetary Socieity"