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Nel 2005 la sonda robot "Huygens" atterra sulla luna di Saturno Titano. Quarant’anni dopo un radiotelescopio riceve dalla lontana luna dei segnali che possono provenire solo da quel lander dimenticato da tempo. Nello stesso momento una spedizione ritorna dalla vicina luna Encelado. Quando l’equipaggio atterra su Titano trova un pericoloso segreto che potrebbe mettere a rischio il loro ritorno sulla Terra. Nel frattempo su Encelado è iniziata una corsa mortale che nessuno pensava fosse possibile, e il suo esito potrà dipendere solamente dagli astronauti al momento bloccati su Titano.

L’ambiente su Io, la luna di Giove, è estremamente ostile. Ci sono torrenti di lava bollente, mari di zolfo incandescenti e frequenti eruzioni vulcaniche che sembrano venire direttamente dall’Inferno di Dante, oltre al costante bombardamento di radiazioni e una temperatura superficiale di meno 180 gradi Celsius. Potrebbe davvero nascondersi su questo satellite una gran minaccia per l’intera umanità? Questo sembra essere il contenuto di un sorprendente messaggio inviato dalla creatura aliena scoperta su Encelado.

Nell’anno 2031 una sonda robot rileva tracce di attività biologica su Encelado, una delle lune di Saturno. Questa scoperta sensazionale è una prova evidente di vita extraterrestre. Quindici anni dopo una navicella costruita in fretta e furia parte per il lungo viaggio verso il pianeta ad anelli e la sua luna. L’equipaggio internazionale non dovrà solamente affrontare ventisette mesi difficili: una volta raggiunto Encelado senza incidenti, dovrà salire a bordo di un altro veicolo per penetrare il chilometrico strato di ghiaccio che avvolge la luna.

Three fugitives on a mission in which death would be a happy ending. A client who is amazed at the sheer size of his own plan. A destination where few humans have ever set foot. A retiree who holds the salvation of the world in her hands. Möbius 3 is the culmination of the trilogy that began deep in an Icelandic volcano and in a Princeton University basement...or is it? When the past swiftly becomes the future, the future no longer offers a safe haven.

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.

Is our sun behaving differently from other stars? When an amateur astronomer discovers something strange on telescopic solar pictures, an explanation must be found. Is it merely artifact? Or has he found something totally unexpected? An expert international crew is hastily assembled, a spaceship is speedily repurposed, and the foursome is sent on the ride of their lives. What challenges will they face on this spur-of-the-moment mission to our central star?

Max and Liz have escaped the mysterious time phenomenon by traveling to the Mars colony, which promises a whole new, exciting, and secure life. But they've left behind someone important to them. Should they embark on a journey from which no one has ever returned? And why does everyone seem to put obstacles in their way even as they try? The physicist and the mathematician must contend with forces that cannot be swayed by logical arguments while time, at an accelerating pace, is running out for their friend on Earth.

NASA finally made it. The very first human has just set foot on the surface of our neighbor planet. This is the start of a long research expedition that sent four scientists into space. But the four astronauts of the NASA crew are not the only ones with this destination. The privately financed "Mars for Everyone" initiative has also targeted the Red Planet. Twenty men and women have been selected to live there and establish the first extraterrestrial settlement.

The black monolith on the moon is history—but now a near-Earth asteroid suddenly changes in an unknown and actually impossible way. Once again, a race between nations is set in motion. Will it be possible to avoid the mistakes of the first contact with the phenomenon? Or will the researchers who want to use the black monolith for their own purposes prevail—without having the slightest understanding of its true nature?

Late in the 21st century, Earth receives what looks like an urgent plea for help from planet Proxima Centauri b in the closest star system to the Sun. Astrophysicists suspect a massive solar flare is about to destroy this heretofore-unknown civilization. Earth's space programs are unequipped to help, but an unscrupulous Russian billionaire launches a secret and highly-specialized spaceship to Proxima b, over four light-years away.

Talut Forest is a lumberjack on Terra Nova, where life thrives in the crowns of trees twenty kilometers high. After a mistake at work costs him his job, Talut has no choice but to sign up for a suicide mission. The aim of the mission? To investigate an artifact on the unexplored surface, where deep darkness reigns. But when the mission spirals into chaos from the start, Talut's fight to see his family again turns into a battle for the fate of the entire human race.

An intelligent robot and two young people explore Proxima Centauri b, the planet orbiting our nearest star, Proxima Centauri. Their ideas about the mission quickly prove grossly naïve as they venture about on this planet of extremes....

There is a huge, bold black streak in the sky. Branches appear out of nowhere over North America, Southern Europe, and Central Africa. People who live beneath The Rift can see it. But scientists worldwide are distressed - their equipment cannot pick up any type of signal from it. The rift appears to consist of nothing. Literally. Nothing. Nada. Niente. Most people are curious but not overly concerned. The phenomenon seems to pose no danger. It is just there. Then something jolts the most hardened naysayers, and surpasses the worst nightmares of the world's greatest scientists.

A mysterious object threatens to destroy our solar system. The survival of humankind is at risk, but nobody takes the warning of young astrophysicist Maribel Pedreira seriously. At the same time, an exiled crew of outcasts mines for rare minerals on a lone asteroid. When other scientists finally acknowledge Pedreira's alarming discovery, it becomes clear that these outcasts are the only ones who may be able to save our world, knowing that the Hole hurtles inexorably toward the sun.

Chronicler Tsai Yini monitors the tachyon communication system, which transmits data faster than the speed of light. When classified results from an astrobiologist's research are leaked to her, she cannot believe what she reads. The report reveals that intelligent life forms exist on a tropical planet in the Gliese system. Their civilization is still in its infancy but revolves around an artifact of unknown origin that seems to influence their body chemistry.

Die geheimnisvollen Erbauer ziehen eine Spur durch die lokale Wolke, der die Majestätische Dracht folgt – alle Beteiligten versprechen sich enorme Vorteile davon, die Überreste dieser fortschrittlichen Zivilisation aufzuspüren. Aber wollen die Außerirdischen überhaupt gefunden werden?

Die Majestätische Dracht erreicht ein Sonnensystem, das es so eigentlich nicht geben dürfte: Einer der Planeten umkreist beide Zentralsterne, aber in einer Bahn, die senkrecht zu der der anderen Himmelskörper verläuft. Eigentlich müsste dieser Kurs regelmäßig zu mächtigen Katastrophen führen – und ausgerechnet, als das Raumschiff der Grosnopfe dort eintrifft, steht ein solches Ereignis kurz bevor. Es sieht so aus, als müssten Marchenko und seine Freunde ein ganzes Sternensystem reparieren – eine unlösbare Aufgabe.

Das Finale der Space-Opera von Andreas Brandhorst, Joshua Tree und Brandon Q. Morris. Im 23. Jahrhundert wird eine Mission von der Erde zum neunzig Lichtjahre entfernten Omikron-System geschickt. Man nimmt an, dass Vorfahren der Menschheit vor Jahrmillionen von dort zur Erde aufgebrochen sind. Bei Omikron angekommen, trifft das Raumschiff "Wayfarer” jedoch auf Widerstand – und nur mithilfe einer Quantenintelligenz überleben die Menschen. Jetzt stehen sie vor ihrer größten Entscheidung: Retten sie sich selbst, oder retten sie den wahren Ursprung der Menschheit?

Die Besatzung der "Majestätischen Dracht" muss sich mit seltsamen Angriffen auseinandersetzen. Wer versucht, das Raumschiff am Weiterflug zu hindern? Der Konflikt läuft auf seinen Höhepunkt hin, als das Schiff in den Orbit eines Eisplaneten einschwenkt. Dessen Anziehungskraft könnte so manches Leben zerstören – aber auch die Pläne des unbekannten Angreifers vereiteln.

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? The Arrival is the conclusion of the Andromeda trilogy.