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4) Nemesis
Author
Series
Project Nemesis volume 1
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
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 Fire Lake, Idaho.
Author
Series
Last policeman trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Quirk Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
Set three months before a deadly asteroid is due to hit Earth, this Last Policeman sequel chronicles the further adventures of Hank Palace. The Concord Police Department is now operating under the auspices of the U.S. Justice Department, and Hank is out of a job-until he's hired by a business tycoon to help find the man's estranged son. It isn't long before Hank's missing-person case turns into a murder investigation.
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Description
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the Earth is doomed by an imminent and unavoidable asteroid collision, New Hampshire homicide detective Hank Palace considers the worth of his job in a world destined to end in six months and investigates a suspicious suicide that nobody else cares about. By the Edgar Award-nominated author of The Secret Life of Ms. Finkleman.
8) Armageddon
Publisher
Touchstone Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
When NASA discovers a doomsday asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth, a crew of roughneck oil drillers is sent in to plant a nuclear warhead that should destroy it.
Series
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Three episodes from the television series. In The Magic school bus Gets Lost in Space the students go on a planetarium field trip and are magically transported out of the earth's atmosphere into space where they visit each of the nine planets. In The Magic School Bus Out of This World they learn about gravity and meteors as an asteroid hurtles toward Earth. In the last episode, The Magic School Bus Taking Flight they learn about the basics of aerodynamics...
10) Asteroid City
Publisher
Universal
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The production of a play is frought with drama and romance in and of itself, from its writing and casting to rehearsals and staging. Onstage, the itinerary of a Junior Stargazer/Space Cadet convention is spectacularly disrupted by world-changing events while each attendee and their family members deal with their own interpersonal issues.
12) After Earth
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2013.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nova Prime has become mankind's new home. Legendary General Cypher Raige returns from an extended tour of duty to his estranged family, ready to be a father to his son, Kitai. When an asteroid storm damages Cypher and Kitai's craft, they crash-land on a now unfamiliar and dangerous Earth. As his father lies dying in the cockpit, Kitai must trek across the hostile terrain to recover their rescue beacon.
Publisher
A&E Television Networks
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Venture through our solar system in an epic exploration of the universe and its mysteries. Go on an exhilarating voyage through the cosmos. Witness the sun's birth at the dawn of our solar system, and its death, billions of years in the future; explore the possibility of a human settlement on Mars; and learn about the devastating threats posed by the meteorites, comets, and asteroids that routinely collide with Earth. From the farthest planets and...
14) Asteroid impact
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about asteroid impacts. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
Author
Publisher
Not Supplied
Pub. Date
Not Supplied
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Eleven-year-old Kemi Carter loves scientific facts, specifically probability. It's how she understands the world and her place in it. Kemi knows her odds of being born were 1 in 5.5 trillion, and that the odds of her having the best family ever were even lower. Yet somehow, Kemi lucked out. But everything Kemi thought she knew changes when she sees an asteroid hover in the sky, casting a purple haze over her world. AMPLUS-68 has an 84.7% chance...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
As an asteroid nears Earth, a man finds himself alone after his wife leaves in a panic. He decides to take a road trip to reunite with his high school sweetheart. Accompanying him is a neighbor who inadvertently puts a wrench in his plan.
Author
Series
Publisher
Abdo Kids
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This title will cover how asteroids and meteoroids came to be, what they are made of, where most of them are found, and what happens when they collide with planets, like Earth! Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.--
20) Asteroid hunters
Author
Publisher
Ruby Tuesday Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Join scientists as they use telescopes to discover a new asteroid. Is it a danger to life on Earth?