Find a
Resource
Select grade level(s) Select resource type(s) Select collection(s) Select standard(s) Skip navigation Digital Library for Earth System Education
Digital Library for Earth System Education
Search tips
Gallery: Asteroid and Comet Impact Hazards
This site consists of a gallery of artists' conceptions of catastrophic strikes on Earth by asteroids or comets, including the impact which occurred at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary and is suspected of causing mass extinction of the dinosaurs. Links to other related sites and a short movie of the Peekskill, New York meteorite, which fell in 1993, are also included.
Intended for grade levels:
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • Visual:
    • Illustration - artistic
    • Video
Subject:
  • Natural hazards
  • Space science
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
NASA materials may not be used to state or imply the endorsement by NASA or by any NASA employee of a commercial product, service or activity, or used in any other manner that might mislead. NASA should be acknowledged as the source of its material. It is unlawful to falsely claim copyright or other rights in NASA material. NASA shall in no way be liable for any costs, expenses, claims or demands arising out of use of NASA's cassettes and photographs by a recipient or a recipient's distributees. NASA personnel are not authorized to sign indemnity or hold harmless statements, releases from copyright infringement, or documents granting exclusive use rights.
DLESE Catalog ID: NASA-Edmall-2782
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Contributor: Donald Yeomans
JPL NEO Program