'X' marks collision between asteroids
[![Close up of an X-shaped objected spotted by astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope between January and May 2010. The images show the object P/2010 A2, an X-shaped objected created by two colliding asteroids.][1]][2]Astronomers now have the first confirmed snapshots of what appears to be the aftermath of an asteroid collision in space.
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