Disturbing the Solar System: Impacts, Close Encounters, and Coming Attractions


The solar system has always been a messy place in which gravity wreaks havoc. Moons form, asteroids and comets crash into planets, ice ages commence, and dinosaurs disappear. By describing the dramatic consequences of such disturbances, this authoritative and entertaining book reveals the fundamental interconnectedness of the solar system–and what it means for life on Earth. After relating a brief history of the solar system, Alan Rubin describes how astronomers determined our location in the

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