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Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
It is a mission that might prove impossible. In the fall of 2020, a NASA spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx attempts to reach out and grab a piece of an asteroid named Bennu and bring it back to Earth. The OSIRIS-REx team has just three chances to extend its spacecraft's specialized arm, touch down for five seconds, and collect material from the surface of Bennu. Can they pull it off? NOVA takes you inside the mission as the team plans its approach.
142) Welcome to Geotopia
Author
Publisher
Sizzle Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
While on the hunt for a way to save Earth from an asteroid, the prehistoric herd gets a guided tour of a new land called Geotopia. It's filled with new animals and crystals that seem to have special powers. Can the group find out what all those crystals do?
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"In this exciting installment, the Earth is in big trouble. A deadly asteroid is on its way to pummel the planet. Humanity's only hope is a fearless foursome of felines. Sharpen your pencils and prepare for liftoff! Here come ... Space Cats to the Rescue!" page [4] of cover
Series
Publisher
[Lincoln Academy]
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Come to Bemis Hall on Monday, April 10, at 12:30 to hear Josh Grindlay discuss "Designing and Building a Harvard-MIT Student Instrument to Map an Asteroid in 2019." Over the past 5 years, students at Harvard and MIT designed and then built an X-ray imaging spectrometer that is one of 5 instruments on the OSIRIS REx mission launched in September 2016 to rendezvous with an asteroid in 2018. Dr. Grindlay will describe how this project developed, from...
149) Earth
Publisher
BBC
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The revealing documentary of Earth explores the planet's most epic moments. From the first raindrops that turned it into a water world to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us. But humans take a back seat in this narrative. Instead, Earth is placed center stage. We see what happened to our world before we even crawled from the mud, including massive bombardments from space, extreme changes in climate and the collision of whole continents....
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
When MIT grad student Liam Cole discovers an asteroid is set to collide with Earth in 186 days, he joins forces with tech billionaire Darius Tanz and the U.S. government to try and stop it, and together they stumble onto the greatest conspiracy never told.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When Sid's attempt to adopt three dinosaur eggs gets him abducted by their real mother to an underground lost world, his friends attempt to rescue him.
Gather your herd and get ready to laugh out loud watching the greatest 'chillogy' of all time! Now you can enjoy all 5 hilarious Ice age films in one supercool DVD collection. Meet Manny, Sid, Diego and Scrat in the original global hit comedy that started it all. Then follow the action-packed adventures...
Author
Publisher
Uphill Downhill Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When the solar system's key asteroid mine is seized by revolutionaries, it puts the secret mission of the spaceship Ulysses in jeopardy. Without a refueling launch from the asteroid, the survival of the ship and its crew is uncertain. The safest course for the Ulysses? Abandon the mission and limp home. But Cal Scott, captain of the Ulysses, is an astronaut of the old school and failure is not an option. He has a plan: head straight for the asteroid...
154) Asteroid armageddon
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Investigates a giant asteroid impact that may have wiped out the Dinosaurs sixty-five million years ago. The program examines layers of rock in Montana, cenotes in the Yucatan peninsula, and ocean floor topography in the Caribbean Sea to determine the location of impact. Computer modeling allows scientists to calculate the force of the impact and find other potentially harmful asteroids that still exist in space.
155) Salvation: Season 2
Publisher
CBS DVD
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An asteroid will strike the Earth in six months there will be worldwide ramifications. Season two shows people with different reactions to the impending doom while offering ideas to prevent the strike.
Publisher
A&E Television Network
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
From the Great Lakes to Iceland, the San Andreas Fault to Krakatoa, travel the globe to reveal the physical processes that have shaped some of the most well-known locations and geological phenomena in the world. With rocks as their clues and volcanoes, ice sheets, and colliding continents as their suspects, scientists launch a forensic investigation that helps visualize how the earth has evolved and formed over billions of years.
157) Would you rather... search for life on Mars or on Mercury?: ...and other vast questions about space
Author
Series
Publisher
World Book, Inc
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's fun to think about questions like 'Would you rather search for life on Mars or on Mercury?' World Book has gathered dozens of such questions about the Earth, our solar system and space. To help you get thinking, our editors have even offered a little expert advice. It's not important that you come up with the same answer as anyone else. What matters is that you think big every day!"--Page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Munhak tongne ch'ŏngsonyŏn volume 053
Publisher
Munhak Tongne
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Korean
Description
"This novel is about the earth being destroyed by an asteroid. But at least one peson is safe. There is a love that will never disappear even if the world ends." --
159) Defending the Earth
Author
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"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...
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