Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. It's only a matter of time before a catastrophically sized asteroid barrels towards Earth again. Until very recently in human history, there was no way of knowing if one was hurtling towards us, much less do anything to alter its path. Now, international space agencies and disaster preparedness experts have powerful tools to keep watch over the skies--and the newest aide just opened its bug-inspired compound "eye." According to the European Space Agency, the Flyeye-1 telescope recently completed its "first light" test at the Italian Space Agency's Space Geodesy Center, located about 160 miles east of Naples.