Vénus est une planète hostile, recouverte de volcans actifs. Malgré cela, la NASA lance une expédition à la recherche de vie, car les nuages épais de la sœur chaude de la Terre pourraient offrir de bonnes conditions pour cela. Un Airship spécialement conçu sert de plateforme de recherche aux quatre astronautes.

Mais ils découvrent alors sur la surface brûlante une activité dangereuse qui ne peut avoir qu'une seule explication : Une forme de vie très avancée doit être à l'œuvre.

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In the 1980s, physicists at a lab in the Soviet Union find traces of strange data in the cosmic background radiation. Because powerful forces in the military believe these findings can be turned into a weapon for use in the cold war, the information gleaned by the physicists is kept under strictest secrecy.

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Peter Kraemer, a physics teacher with a passion for astronomy, makes a discovery that he himself can hardly believe: Stars disappear from one day to the next, with nothing left of them. The researchers he contacts provide reassuring and logical explanations for every single case. But when Peter determines that the mysterious process is approaching our home system, he becomes more and more anxious. He alone perceives the looming catastrophe. When he believes he has found a way to avert the impending disaster, he chooses to pull out all the stops, even if it costs his job, his marriage, his friends, and his life.

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No one has ever ventured deeper into space than the four astronauts of Shepherd-1. The aim of their mission: to witness the creation of the cosmos. Using the sun as a lens, they are to align a flock of probes in such a way that the moment of the Big Bang becomes visible.

For astronomer Christine, this is a dream come true. So she is bitterly disappointed when the first images are obscured by a kind of veil that prevents any insight. She works obsessively to find a solution, but when she finally succeeds in lifting the veil, she sees something that would have better been kept hidden...

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In a small observatory in the southwestern United States, stronomer Celia discovers strange goings-on during a routine survey of the LDN 63 dark cloud. Everything here seems to be happening far faster than science would have it. But no one believes her, because she has already made a supposedly groundbreaking discovery once – with the help of falsified data.

Celia knows: The dark cloud is her best chance to win back her career and her life. That's why she unswervingly embarks on a journey to the end of her imagination. She must unlock the secret of the "Factory of God," no matter what the cost – but what if it goes beyond her horizons, those of science, and those of all humanity?

The story of an all-transforming discovery.

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In the year 2031, a robot probe detects traces of biological activity on Enceladus, one of Saturn’s moons. This sensational discovery shows that there is indeed evidence of extraterrestrial life. Fifteen years later, a hurriedly built spacecraft sets out on the long journey to the ringed planet and its moon.

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Nick Abrahams still holds the official world record for the number of space launches, but he’s bored stiff with his job hosting space tours. Only when his wife leaves him, however, does he try to change his life. He accepts a tempting offer from a Russian billionaire. In exchange for making a simple repair on Neptune’s moon Triton, he will return to Earth a multi-millionaire, enabling him to achieve his ‘impossible dream’ of buying his own California vineyard.

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Judith Rosenberg, captain of the spaceship ARES, is under pressure. After the previous mission to Mars crashed, she is supposed to set down the first humans on the Red Planet. Maxim Goncharov, meanwhile, has other problems to contend with. He's in charge of building an international lunar base at the moon's south pole, where the sun almost always shines. But his crew is slowly running out of resources. Humankind seems to have lost interest in the moon. When the ARES encounters an interstellar visitor, the researchers on the moon uncover its true nature: A discovery with terrible consequences, as Judith and Maxim find out almost simultaneously.

The Wall: Eternal Day depicts a fateful chain of events that changes the solar system and all its inhabitants forever. But there are two sides to every fate. In The Wall: Eternal Night by Joshua T. Calvert, you will learn about the other side.

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Nova is a lonely planet, on its way to the Andromeda galaxy for ages. And yet it is inhabited - by people who have never known anything other than the caves beneath the surface that protect them from the vacuum and cosmic radiation.

A surprising encounter changes everything. The planet gets visitors who seem to have their own agenda and are so alien that communication seems futile. But they, too, have unexpected existential problems. Could cooperation with them avert the danger of missing Andromeda? Perhaps, were it not for a threat that has lain dormant inside the planet for millions of years and could destroy all life.

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In 2144, astronomer Celia Baron discovers mysterious processes in the LDN 63 dark nebula that cannot be explained scientifically. Is there a threat? To find out, humanity equips a ship. A small crew of five humans and one AI sets out on the hundred-year journey in cold sleep.

But when the ship reaches its destination, everything is even more mysterious. Nothing adds up, and soon Celia and her colleagues discover that not only have they fallen into unimagined danger, but the entire solar system is threatened with destruction.

The story of an all-transforming discovery.

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In 2005, the robotic probe “Huygens” lands on Saturn’s moon Titan. 40 years later, a radio telescope receives signals from the far away moon that can only come from the long forgotten lander.

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After a long journey to Saturn’s moon Enceladus, spaceship ILSE is on its way back to Earth, carrying crucial cargo. The crew is exhausted and wants nothing more than a quick return home. Suddenly, a chain of malfunctions puts the expedition in peril.

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Two outlaws search for an astronaut who has risen from the dead. A team of mercenaries is tasked with uncovering the secret of the invader of our solar system, at any cost.

For both groups it seems that Amphitrite, the Black Planet, is the stage on which they must fight their battles. Nowhere are life and death so closely interwoven as on this strange world, which ultimately has its own way of intervening in events. If only humanity had kept its distance! Amphitrite is no ordinary celestial body. It is the black planet.

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They have been traveling towards the Andromeda galaxy for thousands and thousands of years. Suddenly, they receive an offer that sounds far too good to refuse. But are they even ready for the big step that actually promises them the fulfillment of all their wishes? Aren't those who want to make it possible perhaps also pursuing their own plans, which will plunge the entire planet into great danger?

Andromeda - The Arrival is the conclusion of the Andromeda trilogy.

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The expedition to the dark cloud LDN 63 has solved the riddle of the mysterious events there - but at a high price. Thousands of alien ships threaten Earth's emissaries. The only way to stop them could be an ancient weapon.

But to trigger it, astronomer Celia and her colleagues must give themselves up – while it  is not at all certain that their sacrifice can really prevent the worst: Even then the attackers might reach the solar system and Earth.

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Jupiter’s moon Io has an extremely hostile environment. There are hot lava streams, seas of boiling sulfur, and frequent volcanic eruptions straight from Dante’s Inferno, in addition to constant radiation bombardment and a surface temperature hovering at minus 180 degrees Celsius.

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All four bestselling books of the Ice Moon series are now offered as a set.

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No sooner has one of the last surviving humans delivered this bad news to the representatives of the Mendraki and the Iks than he disappears. Kimi, Norok, Tolkut, and Kasfok find themselves alone in a spaceship controlled by technology they do not understand, and together they must avert a threat whose source they do not know.
They have only one clue: They must locate the hidden supercomputer that preserves information about a dark chapter in the history of the strange bipeds – information that may save their peoples...

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It is 2056. Mathematics professor Elisabeth Gabai is fascinated by multi-dimensional forms that have no equivalent in reality. Then, her boss sends her to the site of an artifact that might have come straight from her theories—or from the technology of an advanced civilization.

Twenty-eight years earlier, physicist Max Webber is hell-bent on improving Einstein’s theories of relativity. His latest concept seems flawless, except it predicts the end of humanity. The extinction of Earth can only be prevented if Max can locate a multi-dimensional object. He’s in a hurry; tomorrow will inevitably be too late.

But how is he supposed to accomplish this goal when physics tells us the artifact he seeks cannot possibly exist?

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Peter Kraemer, un prof de physique passionné d’astronomie, fait une découverte qui le laisse pantois : des étoiles disparaissent du jour au lendemain, sans qu’il n’en reste rien. Les chercheurs qu’il contacte lui fournissent alors des explications rassurantes et logiques pour chaque cas.

Mais lorsque Peter arrive à la conclusion que le mystérieux processus s’approche de notre propre système, cela l’inquiète de plus en plus. Et il est le seul à se rendre compte que la catastrophe est imminente. Quand il croit avoir trouvé une manière d’éviter le désastre qui nous pend au nez, il décide de mettre tout en œuvre pour l’empêcher, même si ça risque de lui coûter son travail, son mariage, ses amis, et même sa vie.

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