World Asteroid Day: Spend your Thursday watching these films that revolve aroundasteroids

Every year, on June 30, we observe World Asteroid Day. A day that is sanctioned by the UN. Earthlings celebrate the day to highlight the significance and impact of asteroids on our planet. The day also opens up the portal of learning opportunities in this field. It also shares the date with Siberia Tunguska event, which was the largest asteroid impact on earth in its history. Space and astronomical concepts have been a favoured choice amongst filmmakers too. The day could also be used to explore and understand the theories of astronomical concepts used in films. According to sci-fi lovers, motion pictures can wow and engage the viewer by

showing them another dimension.

The film shows how US and USSR join hands to save earth from an incoming asteroid. It stars Natalie Wood, Sean Connery, Henry Fonda and Karl Malden.

The sci-fi thriller shows how the US government formulates a plan to stop an asteroid from reaching the earth. It stars Annabella Sciorra , Michael Biehn, and Zach Charles.

The film revolves around a group of oil drillers who are tasked by NASA to save the earth from a collision with an asteroid. The stars who form a part of the movie are Bruce Willis, Billy Bob Thornton, Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, and others.

The film shows a comet on course for an expected collision with earth that could lead to the end of human race. The cast features Tee Leoni, Robert Duvall, Elijah Wood, Morgan Freeman, and others.

The sci-fi film features a weapon engineer who is humanity last hope to save earth from an oncoming asteroid that would lead to annihilation and extinction of human race. The cast stars Ice-T, Mario Van Peebles, Suzy Amis Cameron, and others.

The film shows John Garrity the protagonist learning about the collision of a comet with earth and is tasked with the responsibility of carrying out the evacuation drive to save himself and his family. The film stars Gerald Butler, Morena Baccarin, Scott Glen

and others.

The film looks at an important issue of climate change with the backdrop of an incoming deadly comet. The cast features Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Jennifer Lawrence , Timothée Chalamet and others.