.... After providing an overview of Uranus's rotation, insensitivity to seasonal cycles, and wind profile, the chapter considers Neptune's winds, effective radiating temperature, and Great Dark Spot. It also explains the radial velocity method and the transit method of detecting extrasolar planets. Uranus...

... selection effects can tell us what we should expect to observe, given some hypothesis about the distribution of observers in the world. By comparing such predictions to our actual observations, we get probabilistic evidence for or against various hypotheses. anthropic bias extrasolar planets interstellar...

...I describe ongoing work on the development of Bayesian methods for exploring periodically varying phenomena in astronomy, addressing two classes of sources: pulsars, and extrasolar planets (exoplanets). For pulsars, the methods aim to detect and measure periodically varying signals in data...

... of the terrestrial planets and looks at the atmospheres of the giant planets. The photochemical and climate modelling techniques developed in the earlier chapters is then applied to Titan's haze formation and atmosphere. A brief look is given to extrasolar planets. Mars Planets Venus Climate data Accretion disk...

..., it discusses major scientific discoveries of extrasolar planets having similar orbits and masses with those of the Earth and the continued search of evidence of life in other planetary systems. Life Metabolism Origin of life Sagan C Viking Mission Biogenic element Exobiology Moreno A CITROENS...

... are described and the growing field of extrasolar planets detection and characterization introduced. blackbody extrasolar planets photosphere solar irradiance solar spectrum Fraunhofer spectrum full width at half maximum line shapes solar cycle spectral resolution wavelength intensity limb limb...

... 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....