In "Armageddon," a catastrophic meteor shower destroys the Space Shuttle Atlantis and devastates parts of the world. NASA discovers that a Texas-sized asteroid is on a collision course with Earth ...

It’s a premise out of many a science fiction film. An asteroid is hurtling towards Earth and humankind must band together to avert catastrophe. Movie clip: "The bible calls this day armageddon ...

Asteroid expert Gretchen Benedix looks at nine asteroid disasters from movies and TV and rates them based on realism. She looks at "Armageddon" (1998), "Greenland" (2020), "Deep Impact" (1998 ...