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Hubble goes hunting for small main belt asteroids - EurekAlert


<p>Astronomers recently used a trove of archived images taken by NASA&#39;s&nbsp;Hubble Space Telescope&nbsp;to visually snag a largely unseen population of smaller asteroids in their tracks. The treasure hunt required perusing 37,000 Hubble images spanning 19 years.&nbsp;</p>

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