Citizen Science Project Identifies 1,701 Asteroid Trails in Hubble Images
Large and publicly available astronomical archives open up new possibilities to search for and study small solar system objects such as asteroids and comets. A citizen scientist spotted the main-belt asteroid 2001 SE101 passing in front of the Crab Nebula. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / M. Thévenot, @AstroMelina. In its 32 years of observations, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced...