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Modern marvels

Looks at various types of crashes, including race car accidents, motorcycle-automobile collisions and how to prevent associated injuries, a skydiver whose parachute malfunctioned, the possibility of an asteroid colliding with Earth, and the Tevatron particle accelerator.

Asteroids and comets

top-secret data
"Welcome, Agent 359. This file is full of top-secret information about asteroids and comets. Learn about what is inside these large space lumps, where they come from, and different asteroids and comets throughout history. Then, discover what we are learning about them now. What will you do with your new knowledge? Good luck and remember these are top secret space files!"--.
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Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists

2023
"Earth is bombarded every day by objects from space. Most of the time they're harmless. But occasionally much larger objects come along that pose a real threat. If a large asteroid or comet hit Earth, it could change life as we know it. Is there a way to stop these threats before it's too late? In this nonfiction graphic novel, Max Axiom and the Society of Super Scientists go on a fact-finding mission to learn about Near-Earth Objects and discover methods that scientists are developing to defend our planet"--Provided by publisher.

Mother may I?

While Jobs tries to convince the Remnants to investigate what might be part of Earth, Yago has a plan that could put everyone at risk.

Nemesis

As the Anvil, an enormous asteroid, threatens to end all life on Earth, sixteen-year-old Min begins to uncover a lifetime of lies, a sinister conspiracy involving all students in her sophomore class in Fire Lake, Idaho.

Fire in the sky

an ancient asteroid, cosmic impacts and the battle to save Earth
2019
"An historical survey about asteroid hits sustained by Earth and the defenses being prepared against future asteroid-caused catastrophe"--.
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How asteroids shaped Earth

2021
Readers will learn about asteroids, their composition, how they have changed Earth's landscape, and how they could change the future of life on Earth and in space.

Asteroid impact

2020
Explores the possibility of an asteroid impact, including the chain of events, history, and more.

Could an asteroid harm Earth?

Describes what asteroids are, how an asteroid may have destroyed dinosaurs sixty-five million years ago, recent impacts, how scientists think that an asteroid could be bumped off course to protect Earth, and more.

Nemesis

2018
As the Anvil, an enormous asteroid, threatens to end all life on Earth, sixteen-year-old Min begins to uncover a lifetime of lies, a sinister conspiracy involving all students in her sophomore class in Fire Lake, Idaho.
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