Astronomers spot aftermath of asteroid collision
Friday, February 5, 2010 - 22:28
in Astronomy & Space
An object trailing debris was originally thought to be a comet, but images taken by Hubble indicate that two asteroids apparently collided head-on. Researchers have never seen anything like it. An object imaged last week by the Hubble Space Telescope looks at first glance to be a comet, but a closer examination indicates that it is something researchers have never seen before --...