... Bad Astronomy . ... Movies . ... Hey, it's either this or one of those really irritating PayPal donation buttons here. If you believe your TV (and who doesn't), then you know there are billions of asteroids roaming around the solar system, all waiting for their chance to impact the Earth and wipe out human civilization. ... However, NBC decided to make a fictional account of an asteroid strike in their awful, awful made-for-TV movie "Asteroid" , which I cannot say enough bad things about. ...