Hollywood has been hitting asteroids long before NASA

NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test - On September 26, 2022 at 23:14 UTC, NASA made history. For the first time ever, they managed to hit and deflect an asteroid's course.

Hollywood - While Dimorphos didn't really pose a risk to Earth, some asteroids might in the future. Hollywood has been exploring this possibility for years, and many movies have been made about it.

'Meteor' (1979) - This movie, starring Sean Connery and Natalie Wood, sees the US and the USSR joining forces to save the world from an asteroid on the way to Earth.

'Meteor' (1979) - The two superpowers put their differences aside and manage to destroy the threat using missiles.

'Night of the Comet' (1984) - Okay, it's not an asteroid, but it comes close! A comet not only strikes Earth, wiping out virtually all life, but it also brings cannibal zombies to our planet.

'Night of the Comet' (1984) - It's then up to two Valley Girls, played by Catherine Mary Stewart and Kelli Maroney, to fight them!

'Deep Impact' (1998) - As you'll see, 1998 was a good year for this film subgenre. 'Deep Impact' sees a comet on a collision course with Earth.

'Deep Impact' (1998) - The movie features really impressive special effects, including a megatsunami hitting the East coast of the US.

'Armageddon' (1998) - 'Armageddon' was the second doomsday movie to come out in 1998, and indeed became an international box-office hit.

'Armageddon' (1998) - The movie is essentially about a group of drillers who are sent by NASA to destroy a huge asteroid that is on a collision course with Earth.

'Ice Age: Collision Course' (2016) - This is the fifth movie in the Ice Age animated film franchise.

'Ice Age: Collision Course' (2016) - The story is essentially about a group of animals trying to stop an asteroid from hitting Earth.

'Don’t Look Up' (2021) - The last movie on our list is from 2021 and stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence playing two astronomers trying to warn humankind about doomsday.

'Don’t Look Up' (2021) - The two go on a media campaign to warn the world that an asteroid is on collision course with Earth, and that it will destroy the planet.