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NASA's Hubble Telescope Witnesses Asteroid's Mysterious Disintegration
« on: March 13, 2014, 03:41:14 PM »


NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has recorded the never-before-seen break-up of an asteroid into as many as 10 smaller pieces.

Fragile comets, comprised of ice and dust, have been seen falling apart as they near the sun, but nothing like this has ever before been observed in the asteroid belt.
 Read More >> http://www.nasa.gov/press/2014/march/nasas-hubble-telescope-witnesses-asteroids-mysterious-disintegration-1/
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