Space Science Exploration

Eight hundred years from now, Earth is a paradise. Humanity has faced its greatest challenges...and won. Every wish is fulfilled. Every need is met. But is that enough? Jenorden wants more, wandering the galaxy with his friends as he seeks the answer. He knows his life is missing something. But what? And when aliens from another galaxy appear, offering to answer any question and reveal any secret, are their motives sinister...…or sincere?

La saga da cui è tratta la serie tv The Expanse, in onda sul canale SyFy da Dicembre 2015. Per generazioni, il sistema solare - Marte, la Luna, la fascia degli asteroidi - è stato la grande frontiera dell'umanità, il confine oltre il quale si estendevano mondi sconosciuti e insondabili, fino al giorno in cui un artefatto alieno ha abbandonato la sua orbita di operatività, sotto le nuvole di Venere, ed è apparso nell'orbita di Urano dove ha dato vita a un enorme portale, la via che conduce a un'oscurità senza stelle.

What happens to the would-be peacemakers when they find themselves in the middle of something else? Something dangerous, something highly advanced...and something familiar? If humanity is wise, we will prepare for everything we can imagine. But we cannot prepare for what we cannot imagine. It might be benign, it might be malign, or it might be a sign. You just have to know where to look.

With the old circus manager safely in jail, things should be going well at the circus where Anwyn Owens is assistant pilot. But when the aging starship that serves as their home breaks down, all the ingenuity of Anwyn and head pilot Jemal can't get things working again. The solution: head for the pirate planet of Open Port where Jemal knows of a salvage yard that just might have the necessary used part for sale.

Сложно отрицать притягательность власти. В обозримой вселенной вот уже двести лет правит молодая империя. Ее власть практически безгранична. Всесильный самодержец рачительно собирает под знаком императорского дома самых верных и преданных подданных. И горе тому, кто встанет у них на пути. Наследственный знак принесших личную присягу его императорскому величеству несет в себе не только богатство и славу — тобой легко могут пожертвовать, как пешкой на шахматной доске, невзирая на талант и заслуги.

RJ is an experienced astronaut. He's a veteran of several deep-space expeditions into the unknown, so he's ready for anything the universe might throw at him. Or, so he thinks. When their brand-new state-of-the-art starship suddenly begins to fail, RJ is left alone to save the mission from utter failure as the rest of the crew abandons ship. But once they're all gone, RJ finds himself alone with...something that wants to know him in ways he's not entirely sure about.

Ousted by the Solar System Exchange in favor of an Artificial Intelligence, Greg Body has turned to space exploration. Hiring a team of highly talented personnel, he’s going to take on the Lloyd’s of London odds and colonize the star L98-59. Long-distance telescopes have rated the system as having a “medium probability” of containing an Earth-like world. Greg has decided to take his chances as a post-Singularity Earth has become overcrowded.

Delve into "The Struggle Between Stars," a gripping tale where science fiction and fantasy collide to take you on a journey through the cosmos. In the aftermath of humanity's first interstellar conflict, follow the footsteps of a battle-scarred veteran returning to a home now alien to him. Haunted by the horrors of war, he embarks on a transformative odyssey, seeking solace and sanctuary in a universe redefined by conflict and discovery.

In the title story, a man's newfound ability to walk in the past allows him to dwell among dinosaurs, saber-toothed tigers . . . and something even more timeless. In "Construction Shack," the first manned expedition to Pluto reveals that no matter how advanced aliens may be, even they don't always get everything right. And in "Univac 2200," the thin line between humans creating technology and humans becoming technology is about to be crossed-and there may be no going back.

Le dénouement de la trilogie qui marque le renouveau de la SF, portée par la lecture précise et incarnée de Philippe Sollier. L'équipage du vaisseau M-Orca est dans le système de la Tortue depuis plusieurs mois. Le groupe de scientifiques doit continuer ses recherches malgré les difficultés techniques et les désaccords. Toutes les pistes pointent vers une forme de civilisation dont le développement est étroitement lié à l'antimatière.

Im Jahr 2022 bedroht ein Asteroid aus der Dunkelheit des Alls das Leben auf der Erde. Doch bevor die Öffentlichkeit von dem nahenden Untergang erfahren kann, werden seine Entdecker ermordet. Erst als Cassandra 22007 am Nachthimmel erscheint und die Welt in Aufruhr versetzt, wird das Ausmaß der Gefahr bekannt. Doch das interstellare Objekt verhält sich anders, als sämtliche Wissenschaftler vorhersagen. Seine bloße Anwesenheit ist eine Katastrophe, sein Ursprung ein Geheimnis aus den Tiefen der Unendlichkeit und seine Zukunft das Schicksal der Menschheit.

Alan is a citizen of Earth, with a corporate job, a girlfriend, and an expensive apartment located in one of the tall glass towers of New York, Manhattan. When he breaks into a big corporation's servers and steals 1,250,000 Galactic Credits, he's judged and confined to live in a penal colony, 4,300 light-years away from Earth, for the rest of his life. It was the year 4210, and the Colony was a tiny part of the capital of Kalara IV, Alandra. At first, the Colony is a strange thing to Alan, but he starts going to a local board game club where he makes new friends to fill up his time.

Fifteen-year-old Dax, low-status and rebellious, never expected to be thrust onto the battlefield to fight aliens for Global Command, but she was hand-picked by Commander Viteri and torn from her family forever. Reluctant to take lives and skeptical of the true motives behind the conflict, Dax embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the secrets hidden within the wars.

Dezember, 2098. Auf dem Jupitermond Europa ist eine Expedition unterwegs auf der Suche nach einem geheimnisvollen Sekret. Dieses soll ein Serum komplettieren, das geeignet scheint, eine außerirdische Spore zu vernichten, die das Leben auf der Erde bedroht. Als eine extreme Gezeitenbiegung die Forschungsstation Euro One in die Tiefe reißt, bricht Mike Kindler von der Raumstation ISLAND ONE zu einer Rettungsmission auf. Doch auf Europa gerät Mike in eine bizarre Welt voller Gefahren. Wird es ihm gelingen, die Vermissten und das Serum zu finden und so die Erde vor dem Untergang zu bewahren?

Sethian und Okima sind Dux – Ewige, die dazu geschaffen wurden, die Seelen der Verstorbenen durch den Schleier und in Somniums Unterstadt zu führen. Seit Jahrhunderten fliehen sie vor ihrer Aufgabe, doch nun haben Fatuma, die Göttin des Schicksals & Mori, der Gott des Todes die Geschwister wieder auf dem Radar. Summer ist gestorben und steckt erinnerungslos zwischen der Ebene des Lebens und der des Todes fest. Aber nicht nur das macht ihren Fall besonders – denn auch das Schicksal der beiden Dux hängt von ihr ab.

Centuries ago, Earth's plants turned deadly, and humanity took to space to cultivate new homes. Myra Hodger is in her first year at an elite school on the Moon, and she's crumbling under the pressure. She doesn't fit in, and worse, the tattoos that signal her Number Whisperer magic aren't developing. In her heart, she knows she doesn't have a Creer, and soon everyone else will, too. Wandering the halls while cutting class, she discovers a secret lab hidden behind one of the unused classrooms and, beyond that, a secret garden overflowing with plants. Dangerous toxic plants.

Meet Traver Graff, a hugely popular social critic, who unexpectedly finds himself hurtling through space at the behest of the mysterious Aurora Corporation. As his journey unfolds, he finds himself caught in a paradox between his long-standing convictions and the alien wonders he finds amongst the stars. But that's not all; back on Earth, the intrepid reporter Callie dares to delve into the heart of darkness, fearlessly unmasking the elusive machinations of the enigmatic corporation.

Hex Thorn, a hard-bitten veteran of the elite Special Operations Unit of the Dominion Empire, was content with retirement. He’d seen his share of firefights and bloodshed in a bitter war that ripped the galaxy apart. But when an enigmatic stranger makes him an offer he can’t refuse–a chance to own a legendary Lancer ship–Hex is thrust back into the fray.

The galaxy is still reeling from the recent incursion of the Destroyers, an all-too-real enemy that more than lives up to their name. With another strike looming on the horizon, humanity leads the charge to uncover the secrets of subspace—a technology in widespread use across the galaxy but truly understood by no one. The race is on for the scientific breakthrough that will save the Milky Way.

Risen from the past, these beautiful animals inspire all who see them. Titanic sauropods roam the land, devouring forests. Ceratopsians herd across the plains like living tanks. Pterosaurs fill the skies, some as large as planes. Ruling them all, the mighty T. rex reigns as king. Powerful as they are, the dinosaurs are facing another extinction. An army of poachers sweeps across Mintari. Killing. Burning. Even the greatest dinosaurs cannot survive their modern weapons. Against this army stands Joe Triplehorn. A Mintari Ranger. A man broken and forged in the wilderness.