Death from the skies!
Subtitle: these are the ways the world will end
By: Philip Plait.
Publisher: Viking
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9780670020300
Subjects: End of the world (Astronomy)
Description: It's only a matter of time before a cosmic disaster spells the end of the Earth. But how concerned should we about about any of these catastrophic scenarios? And if they do post a danger, can anything be done to stop them?
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Target Earth; title: Sunburn; title: The stellar fury of supernovae; title: Cosmic blowtorches; title: The bottomless pits of black holes; title: Alien attack!; title: The death of the sun; title: Bright lights, big galaxy; title: The end of everything.