Author: Catherine Ellis / Source: TechRadar
A team of astronomers has identified a rare case of an asteroid spinning through space, breaking apart as it goes.
The initial discovery was a happy accident.
Dr Ken Smith of the Astrophysics Research Centre at Queen’s University Belfast was hunting for exploding stars (supernovae) when he came across an object with a tail resembling a comet – but it didn’t match any known records. Intrigued, he contacted his colleagues to investigate.Two months of study followed, and the results have now been published – including images from the Hubble Space Telescope that clearly show a trail of…
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