Plait, an astronomer and author of the popular Web site badastronomy.com, presents in loving detail the many, many ways the human race could die, from temperature extremes and poisonous atmosphere to asteroid impacts and supernovae explosions. Such a state of destruction existed some 65 million years ago, when a giant meteoroid struck Earth, sending up [...]
Entries from August 10th, 2009
Death from the Skies – Some Light Reading
August 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
Tags: asteroid and comet impacts·Big Bang·death from the skies·intergalactic cosmic rays·Local Group·Milky Way·Philip Plait·stellar mass black hole
2012: Supernova from Asylum
August 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized
I heard Asylum was planning a sequel to their movie 2012: Doomsday. I didn’t know any details, nor did I watch the first movie, butit struck me as kind of funny Asylum would do a sequel to a movie in which the world has already ended. So anyway, I was poking on their web site [...]
Hello Will!
August 6th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Uncategorized
Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
Tags: hello world·o'toole·sound·tree·will
