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There are approximately 25,000 "city killer" asteroids in near-Earth orbit—and most are yet to be found. Small enough to evade detection, they are capable of large-scale destruction, and represent our greatest cosmic threat. But in September 2022, against all odds, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission deliberately crashed a spacecraft into a carefully selected city killer, altering the asteroid's orbit. In How to Kill an Asteroid, award-winning science journalist Robin George Andrews reveals the development of the technology that made it possible

As a prima ballerina, Rayne finally has all of her dreams laid at her feet until someone’s carelessness takes it all away from her. As the part owner of a microbrewery, Walt sees beautiful women all the time. As a fairly well-known attorney, he can pretty much have any woman he wants. So why is it that the only woman he can think about is the one who believes she has lost all reason to live? And can he find a way to give her one?

Skye has just experienced a devastating loss in her life. But she vows that life absolutely must go on. Her family needs her now more than ever. When she meets a devastatingly handsome brewery owner, she makes the decision that the idea of a little no strings attached fun might be just what she needs.

Super Volcanoes revels in the incomparable power of volcanic eruptions past and present, Earth-bound and otherwise, and explores how these eruptions reveal secrets about the worlds to which they belong. Science journalist and volcanologist Robin George Andrews describes the stunning ways in which volcanoes can sculpt the sea, land, and sky, and even influence the machinery that makes or breaks the existence of life.