Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Odd X-Pattern of Trailing Debris

Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Odd X-Pattern of Trailing Debris

CREDIT: HUBBLE/NASA
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. Astronomers have long thought that the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never before been seen.
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