A bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures

A picture (above) from the Hubble Space Telescope has shown a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus of the object and trailing streamers of dust.

Astronomers have found a comet-like object they believe was created by the collision of two asteroids, possible siblings of the rogue rock blamed for killing the dinosaurs millions of years ago.

The object, known as P/2010 A2, was circling about 144 million kilometres from earth in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter when it was spotted by the Hubble Space Telescope.