Never-Before-Seen Asteroid Break-Up Snapped By Hubble | Video

Thursday, March 6, 2014 - 11:01 in Astronomy & Space

A space rock in the asteroid belt, named P/2013 R3, has fragmented into as many as 10 pieces. The four largest fragments are larger that 2 football fields each. Astronomers are investigation the cause with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope.

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