collisions with earth

Looks at potential disasters such as global warming, meteorites, exploding suns, and viruses from outer space, and explores ways we might protect ourselves from these threats.

A discussion of asteroids, comets, and meteorites and the physical processes that result from their impact with Earth, and covers the hazards, such as earthquakes, tsunamis, and firestorms, associated with impacts and the possibility of collisions occurring in the future.

An asteroid the size of Texas is heading directly toward Earth at 22,000 mph. NASA's director, Dan Truman, has only one option-to send a crew up to land on the asteroid, drill into its surface, and drop a nuclear device into its core. On this heroic journey, they face the most physically and emotionally trying conditions ever encountered ... to save the world and prevent Armageddon.

Examines the origins of asteroids, their effects on hitting the Earth in the past and the present, and many of the asteroids in the solar system.

Discusses how life on Earth has been influenced by comets and asteroids which have struck the earth.

Text and illustrations explore the theory that the collision of an asteroid with the Earth ended the Cretaceous Period and caused the extinction of the dinosaurs.

With an asteroid set to strike Earth in just one week, three teens on an island off the Atlantic Coast wrestle with love, friendship, family, and regret as they decide how to live their final days.