"From award-winning author Benjamin Percy comes an explosive, breakout speculative thriller in which a powerful new metal arrives on Earth in the wake of a meteor shower, triggering a massive new "Gold Rush" in the Midwest and turning life as we know it on its head. The first of a cycle of novels set in a shared universe"--

"A magical, intoxicating debut novel, both intimate and epic, that intertwines the past, present, and future of two lovers bound by the passing of great comets overhead and a coterie of remarkable ancestors. Roisin and François are immediately drawn to each other when they meet at a remote research base on the frozen ice sheets of Antarctica. At first glance, the pair could not be more different. Older by a few years, Roisin, a daughter of Ireland...

"Look up! Look out! A comet is coming, a comet is coming! Stink is camped out in the backyard with his sister, Judy, and he can't wait to lay eyes on P/2015 OZ4, also known as the Sherman-Holm Comet. But then news of an asteroid hitting Russia reaches Stink, and suddenly he's feeling squeamish (and squash-ish) about close encounters of the outer-space kind. Will donning an aluminum-foil cape and building a bunker in the basement help keep him safe?...

"Discover what happens when pieces of rock, dust, and ice that are floating in space stop orbiting the sun. These leftovers are known as comets, asteroids, and meteoroids." --

"Rosetta isn't the first probe that's been sent to study comets, but it's the most successful as the first spacecraft to closely observe a comet as it approaches the sun. For 10 years, Rosetta moved around the solar system, just so it could finally meet up with the right comet and release a lander to further study it. Readers learn about Rosetta's incredible journey from just an idea to a fascinating robot with solar-charging batteries and other special...

Chronicles the formation of the solar system, particularly how asteroids, comets, and meteors were formed, and relates how astronomers learn about the existence and characteristics of these bodies.

"Donald K. Yeomans, One of Time Magazine's 100 most influential people 2013" "Donald K. Yeomans, Winner of the 2013 Carl Sagan Medal, American Astronomical Society" Donald K. Yeomans is a Fellow and Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and a recipient of NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal. An insider's look at the science of near-Earth comets and asteroids Of all the natural disasters that could befall...

Discover what happens when pieces of rock, dust, and ice that are floating in space stop orbiting the sun. These leftovers are known as comets, asteroids, and meteoroids.

"Presents information about asteroids and comets, including fast facts, history, and technology used to study them"--Provided by publisher.

In 2010, a group of survivors, including those attending an engineering conference, make plans to rebuild society after a comet strike off the coast of California has all but wiped out mankind.