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Daydreaming in the Solar System

Surfing Saturn’s Rings, Golfing on the Moon, and Other Adventures in Space Exploration

by John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson

Foreword by Robert J. Sawyer

Illustrated by Michelle D. Parsons

ISBN: 9780262049290

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 22, 2024

A thrilling journey through the solar system that merges imagination with hard science.

Galaxies

by Or Graur

ISBN: 9780262548755

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: August 6, 2024

An eminently readable overview of the history and physics of galaxies.

Relative Intimacies

Intersubjectivity

Edited by Lou Cantor and Emily Watlington

ISBN: 9783956796258

Publisher: Sternberg Press

Pub Date: August 23, 2022

An examination of the introduction of a non-human actor into the field of intersubjectivity.

The Next 500 Years

Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds

by Christopher E. Mason

ISBN: 9780262543842

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: April 12, 2022

An argument that we have a moral duty to explore other planets and solar systems—because human life on Earth has an expiration date.

Astroquizzical

Solving the Cosmic Puzzles of Our Planets, Stars, and Galaxies: The Illustrated Edition

by Jillian Scudder

ISBN: 9780262046725

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: February 1, 2022

Exploring the family tree of the cosmos, from humans on Earth to stars and galaxies to the first atoms of the Big Bang; with striking color illustrations.

Into the Anthropocosmos

A Whole Space Catalog from the MIT Space Exploration Initiative

by Ariel Ekblaw

Foreword by Cady Coleman

ISBN: 9780262046374

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: October 19, 2021

A lavishly illustrated catalog of space technology of the future: lab-tested devices, experiments, and habitats for the age of participatory space exploration.

Cosmic Odyssey

How Intrepid Astronomers at Palomar Observatory Changed our View of the Universe

by Linda Schweizer

Foreword by Dava Sobel

ISBN: 9780262044295

Publisher: The MIT Press

Pub Date: November 24, 2020

From newborn galaxies to icy worlds and blazing quasars, a behind-the-scenes story of how Palomar Observatory astronomers unveiled our complex universe.