Sentences with phrase «by an asteroid field»

One maps has «lanes» formed by asteroid fields.

takes place on a ship getting slowly torn apart by an asteroid field.

Not exact matches

Eventually two competing explanations emerged: Either some outside force helped stir the lunar interior and drove the dynamo, or the magnetized rocks were created by short - lived fields produced during violent asteroid impacts on the lunar surface (SN: 12/17/11, p. 17).

Either wobbly rotation produced by Earth's gravitational tug or asteroids smacking into the lunar surface may have triggered enough turbulence in the moon's molten core to generate a long - lasting magnetic field, report two teams of scientists in the Nov. 10 Nature.

What little rocky material occurs in today's ring system probably is the debris of collisions between icy ring particles and asteroids and comets swept up by the planet's huge gravitational field, says Canup.

Some researchers believe that bombardment by meteoroids and asteroids might account for the remnant magnetism, but the Science study supports the theory that the moon once had its own magnetic field and, therefore, its own core dynamo.

An asteroid approximately the size of a football field flew close by Earth only a day after it was first spotted this weekend.

In short order, Peter and company are being chased through the cosmos by the drone army of High Priestess Ayesha (Elizabeth Debicki), giving us another spectacular tableaux of gilded space pods and a deadly quantum asteroid field as Peter and Rocket banter about who is the better pilot.

Whether you are pulling a «fly - by» up close to a massive carrier ship or dodging in between gaps in asteroid fields to chase down and take out other players in multiplayer, it feels unlike anything else you've played.

The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid field which is periodically traversed by flying saucers.

Oh, and the gameplay does try to keep itself fresh by having you fly through cities, asteroid fields and all sorts of mechanics - changing environments, by battling bosses and even by providing with a retro - tastique Space Invaders mini level.

Actual asteroid fields typically end up with each individual space rock separated by dozens, even hundreds or thousands, of kilometres.

Together, we steered our ship through randomly generated asteroid fields, destroyed enemy ships, rescued adorable rabbits before finally being blown to pieces by an Ursa Major bear boss.