With the discovery of an incoming asteroid, the government of America formulate a plan to destroy it. When the plan fails, all the world can do is wait. The main impact zone is revealed to be Dallas, Texas. Generally, the plot follows the lives and reactions of several characters: an astronomer, her father, her son, two firefighters from Kansas, two young doctors in Dallas and the heads of the government agency in charge of the situation.

The United States government tries to prevent an asteroid from colliding with the Earth.

Follows a group of strangers who embark on a risky venture to travel to a nearby asteroid with the goal of mining it for potentially enormous wealth.

A group of strangers take the risk of a lifetime to travel to a nearby asteroid for the opportunity to mine for wealth beyond their wildest dreams.

Follows a group of strangers who embark on a risky venture to travel to a nearby asteroid with the goal of mining it for potentially enormous wealth.

A fatalistic woman is being stalked by an incoming, four mile-wide (talking) asteroid who has fallen in love with her.