Hawaii telescopes stand sentry against asteroids
It's the stuff of science fiction: a giant asteroid on a collision course with Earth, threatening humanity with extinction.
In 1998, not one, but two big-budget Hollywood movies explored the planet-killing scenario: "Deep Impact" (with Robert Duvall) and "Armageddon" (with Bruce Willis). But the plot has been successfully mined by storytellers for decade…
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