Where are the aliens? : the search for life beyond Earth
Edition
First edition.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Little, Brown and Company, Hachette Book Group, 2023.
Physical Description
xi, 225 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Audience
Ages 10 and up Little, Brown and Company.
Summary
"Spoiler: Scientists haven't discovered life beyond Earth, not even a single teeny-tiny organism. But there's a whole lot of outer space, and humans have searched only a fraction of a fraction of it. So do you believe in the possibility of life out there? Or do you think Earth is perfectly unique in its ability to grow organisms? Packed with playful illustrations and fascinating factoids, 'Where Are the Aliens?' will take you on a journey of scientific theories and discoveries, from the big bang and primordial soup, to how the ancient Greeks considered the cosmos, to the technology used today to listen to and (possibly!) communicate with far-off exoplanets." --
Contents
- Where is everybody? : meet the Fermi paradox
- Where are you? : you are here
- Where did it all come from? : a history of (known) life in our universe
- What's up there? : this can't be a new question
- What have humans accomplished so far? : history of the space race
- What will we find? : life is about the small stuff
- Maybe Mars? : spoiler : no Martians but still much to ponder
- What about not-from-these-parts planets? : exoplanet discoveries
- Do calculators hold the answer? : let's look at the math
- Did you hear that? : SETI time
- Dude! What was that? : UFOs and UAPs
- Are alien encounter stories real? Nope!
- What does the future hold? : stuff to look forward to
- Questions for long car rides.