In 1997 astronomer Jim Scotti discovered the asteroid 1997 XF11. Initial calculations predicted that the asteroid would make an extremely close approach to Earth in 2028. A collision would result in a global catastrophe, killing hundreds of millions of...

Motion pictures are one of the most pervasive contemporary technologies, and, since their invention, have been continuously engaged with ethical issues. From the beginning, movies have been accused of corrupting children and adults by communicating...

Asteroid is a 1997 TV movie about the United States government trying to stop an asteroid colliding with the Earth. It stars Michael Biehn. The movie won the 1997 Emmy Award in category Outstanding Special Visual...

Asteroid, orbiter a match made in heavens? In a novel effort, scientists aim to land spacecraft on Eros By JOSEPH B. VERRENGIA Associated Press Sunday, January 14, 2001 Scientists remotely steering an automobile-sized spacecraft say they will end its...

NBC, SN. FEB. 16, MON. FEB. 17, 9 P.M. Filmed in and around Denver, Burbank and the Mojave Desert by Davis Entertainment Television. Executive producers, John Davis, Merrill H. Karpf; supervising producer, Peter V. Ware; producers, Phil Margo, Christopher Morgan; co-producer, Donna...

A piece of outer space named for George Takei is in kind of a rough neighborhood for somebody who steers a starship: an asteroid belt.An asteroid between Mars and Jupiter has been renamed 7307 Takei in honor of the actor, best known for his role...

NASA astronaut and former University of Hawaii solar physicist Edward Lu is calling for a new spacecraft that would divert asteroids on a path to slam into Earth.The small space tractor, costing between $200 million and $300 million, would hover near an asteroid to exert...