Sentences with phrase «like asteroid»

Human civilization, in this view, is like an asteroid hitting the planet.

It may not be instantaneous like an asteroid strike, or seem to instantaneous according to our perceived scale of time, but on a geological scale it is.

What if extinction is not a sudden event like an asteroid hit, but a long slow decline?

The human fossil fuel CO2 emissions spike is more like an asteroid impact than the slow degassing of CO2 from metamorphic decarbonization of carbonate rocks at subduction zones by the slow grinding away of plate tectonics.

After all if cost is no barrier when it comes to dealing with hypothetical threats like global warming it should be no barrier when it comes to hypothetical threats like asteroid strikes.

Players take on the role of celebrity pilots commanding combat spacecraft in high - stakes battles for control of warren - like asteroid mines.

Just like radar systems here on Earth, scientists instead actively produce a radio signal directed at an object like the asteroid Phaethon, then wait for that signal to bounce back and be detected like any other signal.

Like the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, the Kuiper Belt consists of leftover planetary material that never gathered into a single large world.

Most previous studies of apocalyptic astronomical events — like asteroid impacts, neighboring stars going supernova or insanely energetic explosions called gamma - ray bursts — focused on their threat to humankind.

... like the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs.

And he expanded the scope of big history by adding to it his concept of the contingency — the rare, unexpected event (like an asteroid collision) that changes the world in a blink.

That would mean it is like no asteroid ever seen before, instead resembling the collision - minimizing form favored in many designs for notional interstellar probes.

Now that you've mentioned it, I told Gehrels, I would like an asteroid named for me.

That won't be much of a problem for massive objects like the asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs.

But asteroid - trackers say existing sky surveys already keep us safe, and events like Asteroid Day risk scaring people unnecessarily.

Chariklo itself seems to be more like an asteroid and has not been found to display cometary activity.

Like an asteroid put on a collision course with the earth millions of years ago, the starlings invaded my territory because of events set in motion in the distant past.

In this artist's conception, a Ceres - like asteroid is slowly disintegrating as it orbits a white dwarf star.

But very few single - star solar systems would be able to cast out a waterless object like an asteroid, a new study suggests.

As we face future known threats like war and climate change, and unknown threats like an asteroid impact or new disease, Downey said that that's the kind of knowledge we should want to have.

What a lovely description of the children like asteroids, that will stay with me it's so beautiful.

Like the asteroids, stars, and old bicycle parts that slowly, silently circle a black hole, sucked ever inward, we earthbound humans could be forgiven for losing hope.

To understand the origin of Earth's water, scientists have fingerprinted potential sources, like asteroids and comets, using the ratio of light to heavy hydrogen isotopes.

They may not look a day over a billion, but asteroids 234 Barbara, 387 Aquitania, and 980 Anacostia (much like the asteroids drawn below) have mineral signatures putting them back 4.55 billion years.

Although they look just like asteroids, scientists now say they formed like our own moon did, after a big object smashed into the planet and kicked up debris.

Of those deportees, about 4 % came from within about 375 million kilometers of the sun, rendering them rock - or metal - rich bodies like asteroids rather than icy orbs like comets, the researchers report online ahead of print in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.

Comets, like asteroids, are planetary building blocks that were never incorporated into planets.

Bonus science: Now repurposed as NEOWISE, the craft looks for «near - Earth objects» — like asteroids that could collide with Earth.

A century later, spacecraft images revealed that the moons look like asteroids — dark, crater - pocked, and potato - shaped — suggesting Mars had snatched them from the nearby asteroid belt.

OLDEST NEIGHBORS They may not look a day over a billion, but asteroids 234 Barbara, 387 Aquitania, and 980 Anacostia (much like the asteroids drawn below) have mineral signatures putting them back 4.55 billion years.

«This also rules out comets, which are rich in both water and carbon compounds, so we knew we were looking at a rocky asteroid with substantial water content — perhaps in the form of subsurface ice — like the asteroids we know in our solar system such as Ceres,» Gänsicke said.

The experimenters are asking basic scientific questions about comets: Do comets, like asteroids, harbor basic amino - acid precursors?

Volcanic eruptions and impacts from celestial bodies, like asteroids, have a near instantaneous effect, but very few of these one - time events are of sufficient size to impact the global climate for more than a few years.

Aside from creating a frame to subtract from, stacking several images also ensures that transient objects like asteroids are removed from the master image.

Less dramatically, when Spitzer's coolant ran out, scientists were able to continue using tools in the telescope's infrared array camera to keep looking for objects like asteroids, dusty stars and distant galaxies.

Retro is basically the same game sans the trippy visuals and expanded grid — instead you'll be performing in a zoomed out grid with graphics reminiscent of arcade games like Asteroids.

Developer Shay Casey explains, however, that the game is actually a zero - g physics game much like Asteroids.

In video game's origins, it took the form of classic arcades like Asteroids and Space Invaders.

Much of the visuals are reminiscent of classic overhead shooters like Asteroids, but flying through each area's sci - fi setting feels like a more colorful Metroid title.

It plays a bit like an arena shooter, like Geometry Wars, but with the wrap - around scrolling of a game like Asteroids.

Atari owns and / or manages a portfolio of more than 200 games and franchises, including world - renowned brands like Asteroids ®, Centipede ®, Missile Command ® and Pong ®, Test Drive ®, and RollerCoaster Tycoon ®.

Even earlier, Atari Inc.'s «Atarisoft» divison ported arcade games by Atari (like Asteroids and Crystal Castles) and others (like Namco's Pole Position and Williams Electronic's Joust and Robotron: 2084) to a variety of early 1980s home computers, like the Apple II, Commodore 64 and BBC Micro!

«Come play timeless classics — like Asteroids, Pitfall!

Does it need to be drawn with polygons and lines like Asteroids?

Play all - time arcade and home entertainment favorites like Asteroids ®, Centipede ®, Breakout ®, Missile Command ®, Gravitar ® and Yars» Revenge ®

Developed by Nate Schmold and a small team of game wizards, Cosmochoria is described as a love letter to and re-imagining of, old school action - arcade games like Asteroids, Mario Bros and Donkey Kong.

Play against 1, 2, or 3 opponents while environmental hazards, like asteroids and canonfire from a computer controlled warship raises the stakes.

Atari owns and / or manages a portfolio of more than 200 games and franchises, including world - renowned brands like Asteroids ®, Centipede ®, Missile Command ®, Pong ®, Test Drive ®, and RollerCoaster Tycoon ®.

Gameplay is as mentioned, a throwback to some of the older arcade titles like Asteroids, where you steer your ship around the vast land of space ranging from 8 different galaxies each different than the last fending off enemies and using your left trigger to sweep around a planet in a «lasso» formation to put the planet under your control through the different rounds of that level taking as much territory as you can from the enemy.

Hornby's 360 degree renderings provide a tantalising glimpse of the original iconic form before rotating into new territories, like asteroids floating in space coming together again to reveal a new face, only to dissolve again.