A tiny pebble could have caused the dramatic self-destruction of asteroid Gault

Hubble has captured images of a self-destructing asteroid called 6478 Gault. The asteroid has two comet-like tails of debris, suggesting that Gault is breaking apart due to a phenomenon known as the YORP effect.
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