NASA - NASA's Hubble Captures First Images of Aftermath of Possible Asteroid Collision

These four Hubble Space Telescope images, taken over a five-month period, from January to May 2010 with Wide Field Camera 3, show the odd-shaped debris that likely came from a collision between two asteroids. Illustration Credit: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI) Science Credit: NASA, ESA, and D. Jewitt (UCLA) WASHINGTON -- NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has captured the first snapshots of a suspected asteroid collision. The images show a bizarre X-shaped object at the head of a comet-like trail of material.