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The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. From Dust to Life tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the most likely way it formed.Drawing on the history of astronomy and the latest findings in astrophysics and the planetary sciences, John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton offer the most up-to-date and authoritative treatment of the subject available. They examine how the evolving universe set the stage for the appearance of our Sun, and how the nebulous cloud of gas and dust that accompanied the young Sun eventually became the planets, comets, moons, and asteroids that exist today. They explore how each of the planets acquired its unique characteristics, why some are rocky and others gaseous, and why one planet in particular--our Earth--provided an almost perfect haven for the emergence of life.From Dust to Life is a must-read for anyone who desires to know more about how the solar system came to be. This enticing book takes readers to the very frontiers of modern research, engaging with the latest controversies and debates. It reveals how ongoing discoveries of far-distant extrasolar planets and planetary systems are transforming our understanding of our own solar system's astonishing history and its possible fate.

Solar system -- Origin. --- Interplanetary dust. --- Life -- Origin.

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Interplanetary dust --- Nucleosynthesis --- Halley's comet

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Analytical chemistry. --- Interplanetary dust. --- Metallizing. --- Secondary ion mass spectrometry. --- Space debris.

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The birth and evolution of our solar system is a tantalizing mystery that may one day provide answers to the question of human origins. From Dust to Life tells the remarkable story of how the celestial objects that make up the solar system arose from common beginnings billions of years ago, and how scientists and philosophers have sought to unravel this mystery down through the centuries, piecing together the clues that enabled them to deduce the solar system's layout, its age, and the most likely way it formed.Drawing on the history of astronomy and the latest findings in astrophysics and the planetary sciences, John Chambers and Jacqueline Mitton offer the most up-to-date and authoritative treatment of the subject available. They examine how the evolving universe set the stage for the appearance of our Sun, and how the nebulous cloud of gas and dust that accompanied the young Sun eventually became the planets, comets, moons, and asteroids that exist today. They explore how each of the planets acquired its unique characteristics, why some are rocky and others gaseous, and why one planet in particular--our Earth--provided an almost perfect haven for the emergence of life. "From Dust to Life" is a must-read for anyone who desires to know more about how the solar system came to be. This enticing book takes readers to the very frontiers of modern research, engaging with the latest controversies and debates. It reveals how ongoing discoveries of far-distant extrasolar planets and planetary systems are transforming our understanding of our own solar system's astonishing history and its possible fate.

Interplanetary dust. --- Life --- Origin of the Solar system. --- Système solaire --- Poussière interplanétaire. --- Origine de la vie. --- Origin. --- Origines. --- Solar system --- Solar system.

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This book provides an overview of cathodoluminescence properties of the planetary materials. It is unique in that it is the first book of its kind presenting new important data on cathodolumiescence spectrocopy and microscopy on samples of impactites, meteorites, shock recovery experiences and Interplanetary Dust Particles. Each chapter is written by a well-known specialist and covers new fields such as shock-induced microdeformations in minerals, astrobiology and the cosmochemistry of meteorites.

Astromineralogy. --- Cathodoluminescence. --- Cosmochemistry. --- Exobiology. --- Interplanetary dust. --- Luminescence spectroscopy. --- Meteorite craters. --- Planets --Geology. --- Planets --- Cathodoluminescence --- Astromineralogy --- Cosmochemistry --- Meteorite craters --- Interplanetary dust --- Exobiology --- Luminescence spectroscopy --- Physics --- Astronomy & Astrophysics --- Physical Sciences & Mathematics --- Astrophysics --- Light & Optics --- Geology --- Geology. --- Planetary geology --- Cathode-ray-excited emission --- Cathodophosphorescence --- Cathodothermoluminescence --- Electronoluminescence --- Earth sciences. --- Mineralogy. --- Planetology. --- Geobiology. --- Astrobiology. --- Earth Sciences. --- Biogeosciences. --- Astrogeology --- Luminescence --- Astrobiology --- Biology --- Habitable planets --- Life --- Planetary sciences --- Planetology --- Physical geology --- Crystallography --- Minerals --- Origin --- Earth sciences --- Biosphere