Crowley County Combined Library

This book explains the nature of meteors or "shooting stars" and how they are different from real stars.

Introduces comets and meteors, describing what they are, how they move through the solar system, and how they are studied.

On October 23, 2030, a meteor explodes over Los Angeles, triggering chaos and panic. For seventeen-year-old Dev Harrison, the event coincides with a strange, recurring dream in which his long-disappeared physicist-father reveals to him a location high on a Tahoe peak where he's hidden the world's most coveted scientific secret. Eager to see if there's any truth to the dream, Dev hits the road with his best friends Abby and Conner. But their journey...

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

Defines and describes comets and meteors, including such famous comets as the recurring Halley's comet, and tells how to look for them.

When the isolated U.S. military moonbase is bombarded by a meteor storm, Colonel Gerard Brauchman and his small crew are cut off from Earth with their life support failing. Before long, the crew discovers the meteors harbored alien spores and they're replicating. Now a vicious, shape-shifting, predatory life form is loose inside the crippled facility. Locked in a desperate fight for survival, the terrified remaining astronauts have one final mission:...

Describes what it would be like to visit space and examine comets, asteroids, and meteors.

"A book for teens about asteroids, meteors, meteorites, and comets."--

Provides information about the origins, composition, and appearances of comets, meteors and asteroids.

"This level 2 reader discusses facts about non-planetary bodies in the solar system, including the asteroid belt, comets, and meteors"--Provided by publisher.