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Galaxy collisions : forging new worlds from cosmic crashes

Curtis Struck, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in popular astronomy | 2011

The spectacular images of galaxy collisions capture the imagination. This text will show what is out there in the universe, what its like in other galaxies, what they might look like, and how cosmic processes might affect life in other solar systems.

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Catastrophic events caused by cosmic objects

Vitaly Adushkin, Editor ; Ivan Nemchinov, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2010

An asteroid or comet will inevitably strike the Earth some day, and potentially cause great destruction. This volume considers hazards due to collisions with cosmic objects, particularly in light of recent investigations of impacts by the author[...]

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