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-Hey bro!, are you near? -typed on his smartphone with an apparent easiness. The device tinkled a few seconds later, while Tom was crossing the street at Park Ave, heading to Nightingale Gardens. He was about to meet his eldest brother Charlie, after a very long time without seeing each other. -Bad news Tom, I'm really late. Tom read confused the message and texted back immediately. -You mean..? -he answered a bit confused. He stopped in the middle of the street waiting for the next message to show. One minute, two minutes, nothing. Just before Tom was about to call Charlie, a new message showed up. -Would you mind if we meet at Trafalgar instead? Tom read the text with a remarkable expression of disapproval on his face. And in that moment he remembered how many times Charlie drove him mad with similar behaviours. -Wtf??? -Are you serious?, I'm just two streets away from nightingale's!! -and he added an angry face. -I'm sorry, I'll tell you later. we meet t...

Socorro!! -gritó desesperado Saul desde la ventana del teleférico mientras seguía subiendo. Su mujer acababa de desplomarse en el suelo a los pocos minutos de iniciarse el ascenso. Lo que parecía una mañana tranquila y soleada se convirtió de repente en una pesadilla. Al llegar a la cima de la montaña, el teleférico se detuvo con un sonoro chasquido. Visiblemente alterado y con el semblante compungido, descendió de la cabina con su mujer, inerte, en brazos. La brisa fresca a esa altitud apenas aliviaba el momento de tensión y desconcierto. -Pero, ¿qué ha pasado?!? -preguntó el operador al ver la escena. -No lo sé!! -contestó Saul, nervioso, en una mezcla de rabia e impotencia. Sara yacía tendida en el suelo, sin vida. Ya no había nada que hacer. Al descender de nuevo al pequeño pueblo de Fuente Dé, en Cantabria, las sirenas de la policia y una ambulancia al pie de la montaña les esperaban. Los agentes interrogaron insitu a Saul, mientras los enfermeros certificaban la muerte de Sa...

Two weeks after the discovery, one of the scientists noticed that the sculpture was slightly different in some parts, compared to the first captures. Discarding the possibility of a natural deterioration due to its space course, mainly because in that time period nothing crossed its path, the scientist decided to zoom up at its maximum level the optic sensor of the satellite. Although the device could not record video, it could shot a remarkable amount of sequential pictures. -Dr. Borrows, take a look at this -said Dr. Sands. Both were good fellows since a long time ago, when they entered the Space Program. Most of the pictures showed nothing relevant, but, as they were inspecting them carefully, a very strange figure showed up in one of them. -It's a...it's a cockroach?? -babbled Dr. Borrows. -It really looks like! -replied Dr. Sands-look!, here's another one, and a third one!. -Wait a minute, can cockroaches survive in the outter space?? -asked Dr. Borrows. Accor...

El macizo de Montserrat se alza majestuoso a pocos kilómetros al oeste de la ciudad de Barcelona, al sur de Europa. Aunque de escasa altura, debido principalmente a su proximidad con la costa, su peculiar orografía le ha conferido siempre un aura de misterio y admiración. Su nombre significa literalmente 'monte serrado' y tal es la forma de la cordillera: un cadena de elevaciones de diferentes alturas similares a los dientes de una sierra. No hay una cadena montañosa que se le parezca en toda la región, y eso la hace destacar aún mas. Es imposible no acercarse a ella desde lo lejos, verla asomar en el horizonte y no mirarla durante al menos unos segundos. Sus caprichosas formas, según los geólogos, son el resultado de un proceso geomorfológico de millones de años, debido sobretodo a la erosión continua sobre materiales de distinta composición y resistencia. Pero para David Schultz hay algo más. El doctor Schultz, afamado arqueólogo de origen polaco, llevaba mucho tiempo est...

After several months of hard work and countless hours of suspense waiting, finally the first satellite to reach an asteroid and stay in orbit around it accomplished its mission. The command centre in Virginia burst with joy and everybody started to congratulate each other. The amount of data the satellite was sending was a relief for all the engineers involved in the project. The main goal now was to entirely map the asteroid as it orbited around, along with a complete breakdown of its composition. This way, a complete 3d model of it could be reproduced on the fly. The asteroid course did not represent any danger for the Earth, and, furthermore, its diameter was only of 750 meters. According to the path and situation, the most likely origin of the rock was the result of a collision between greater asteroids or probably a detached portion of a direct impact on the surface of a planet with a lack of atmosphere like Mercury. The data information continued to arrive to the linked system...

Dos naves se acercaban velozmente a la curvatura terrestre. La primera de ellas estaba seriamente dañada y aceleraba a medida que entraba en la atmósfera y la gravedad la empujaba inexorablemente hacia el hemisferio norte, en una zona deshabitada al este de los bosques de la región de Perm Krai, en Rusia. La segunda seguía su estela a poca distancia. La noche cerrada apenas dejaba ver la carretera secundaria de doble sentido hacia Kudymkar. Los faros del Lada Niva alcanzaban unos escasos metros de margen por delante, suficientes para continuar el camino, pero para poco mas. Sergei y Natalia necesitaban llegar antes del amanecer al pueblo natal de él, para asistir al funeral de su abuelo. Había sido un largo viaje y aún les quedaban un par de horas más. De repente, un leve zumbido, seguido de una gran bola de fuego atravesó el cielo nocturno justo delante de ellos. Segundos después se estrelló en un lateral de la carretera unos 2 kilometros más adelante, provocando un breve pero inte...

1999Sit-78. The name became extremely known and spread worldwide in a few days. The terrifying discovery of the E-ELT (European Extreme Large Telescope) in Chile was very clear and with any doubt. A huge asteroid was detected in collision course to earth. Apparently nothing was in the path that could turn it aside. The calculated prognostication, according to the distance and its speed gave the human race a little hope of 47 years. The dimensions of the object led to no discussion about the consequences of the impact on the surface of the earth. In fact, there was a term to describe those kind of events: a total destructor. The only precedent, comparable to 1999Sit-78 took place in Yucatàn, 65 million years ago, and massively extincted all species. The rest of observatories, spatial agencies of every country and even the governments confirmed the finding and worst of all, the deadline. Confusion and bewilderment seized the streets. The sureness of the fate, but the fact that there ...