Is Earth really doomed to be destroyed by a cosmic catastrophe? Cosmic Impact, in Icon's burgeoning Hot Science series, has the answers.

Andrew May is a freelance writer and science consultant. He has written on subjects as diverse as the physical sciences, military technology, British history and the paranormal. His recent books include pocket-sized biographies of Newton and Einstein, an eye-opening study of the relationship between pseudoscience and science fiction, and Destination Mars, in the Hot Science series. He lives in Somerset.