NASA | Swift and Hubble Probe an Asteroid Crash

The video discusses the challenges of navigating asteroid fields, highlighting the odds of success. It explores the discovery of asteroid collisions, particularly focusing on the 2010 observations of asteroid 596 Sheila. Using Hubble and Swift, astronomers identified the aftermath of collisions, ruling out comet characteristics. The video analyzes the impact and debris behavior, noting that such events may occur annually in the asteroid belt.

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