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Hollywood has a long tradition of making movies about huge stuff crashing into earth. Congress actually got this huge wake up call when it comes to celestial objects smashing into planets. Amateur astronomers all over the world are craning their necks up to the heavens to see a collision of a disintegrating comet with the planet jupiter for the first time. Thisis kellyfast.

Scientists are constantly searching for asteroids that could crash into Earth. But if they find one, will they be able to do anything about it? NASA has launched a spaceship that will slam into an asteroid to find out.

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