Cosmic catastrophes : seven ways to destroy a planet like Earth / David A. Aguilar.
2016
GB5019 .A38 2016 (Mapit)
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Title
Cosmic catastrophes : seven ways to destroy a planet like Earth / David A. Aguilar.
Author
ISBN
9780451476845 (hardcover)
0451476840 (hardcover)
0451476840 (hardcover)
Published
New York, New York : Viking, [2016]
Copyright
♭2016
Language
English
Description
79 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 28 cm.
Call Number
GB5019 .A38 2016
Dewey Decimal Classification
520
Summary
In the vast realm of outer space, accidents happen all the time. Things bump into each other. Stars blow up. Space rocks smash into planets. Black holes gobble up everything in their path. The sun is burning out. A comet swarm is bearing down. Any of this could change -- or even eliminate -- life on a planet like Earth. Countdown to cosmic catastrophes! From asteroid hit to alien invasion, astronomer David Aguilar builds the scientific case for seven extreme events that could impact Earth. (Though not as we know it: most of these catastrophes are way down the cosmic line ... we hope!).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (page 78) and index.
Audience
Ages 8-12.
Grades 4 to 6.
1140L Lexile
Grades 4 to 6.
1140L Lexile
Series
Smithsonian series
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Table of Contents
Asteroid hit
Comet swarm collision
Thrown out of the solar system
Supernova explosion
Swallowed by a black hole
End of the sun
That dreaded alien invasion!
The end ... or just the beginning?
In the studio with David Aguilar
Keep exploring!
Comet swarm collision
Thrown out of the solar system
Supernova explosion
Swallowed by a black hole
End of the sun
That dreaded alien invasion!
The end ... or just the beginning?
In the studio with David Aguilar
Keep exploring!