Asteroid 2021 QM gave a hard time to astronomers trying to reveal its true identity. The asteroid on a course towards Earth was 250 million times fainter than the faintest stars visible to the naked eye.
Don't Look Up became real when astronomers detected an asteroid with 100% chance of hitting Earth just two hours before impact. Here's what happened next.
The asteroid was moving so fast that there was not enough time to attempt deflection and the European Space Agency (ESA) said that worryingly, the chance of impact appeared to increase.