Hubble watched an asteroid in its disintegration process and the ORISIS-REx mission had some unexpected surprises from Bennu. Gault is flying apartHubble was able to observe an asteroid that is spinning fast enough to cast off material in two comet tails. This is only the second asteroid in history whose disintegration has been linked to a process called a YORP effect. Eventually, you get what Hubble saw, a spinning asteroid with material flying off of it. Bennu is surprising scientistsNASA’s OSIRIS-REx spacecraft has been orbiting an asteroid called Bennu since Dec 31st of last year.

Source: Forbes March 31, 2019 09:56 UTC