Violent Asteroid Collision Recreated with High-Speed Cannon (Video)

Monday, November 10, 2014 - 11:30 in Astronomy & Space

To understand how deep fractures on the giant asteroid Vesta formed, scientists recreated violent cosmic impacts in a lab with a high-speed cannon.

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