A quiet rural community is dramatically changed when a meteor crashes down in the front yard of the Gaw family.

After a NASA satellite discovers a mysterious object buried beneath the Arctic ice, a team of scientists is called in to verify the authenticity of the find. What they discover, however, is a plot of unimaginable deception that threatens to plunge the world into controversy--a vicious, high-ranking conspiracy that may lead all the way to the White House. A shocking scientific discovery. A conspiracy of staggering brilliance. A thriller unlike any...

Discusses the characteristics of comets and meteors and cites both famous appearances and unexplained mysteries connected with them.

Introduces asteroids, comets and meteors, including their origin, composition, orbits, and effects on Earth and other bodies in the solar system.

Describes meteors and meteorites, and where they come from.

Science fiction drama about a five-mile meteor on a collision course with the earth. A scientist is summoned to Washington by NASA and is informed that a huge meteor will smash into earth in six days. There is one slim chance to divert disaster, but it means cooperation between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and neither side trusts the other.

Explains what shooting stars are, what they are made of, and what happens to them when they land on Earth.

Describes what meteors and micrometeors are, and describes the different types of meteorites, including lunar and martian meteorites, and how meteorites form craters.

Discusses asteroids, comets, and meteorites, explaining where they come from, how they were formed, and what effect these voyagers have. . .