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mrstickball said:
They already found out what it was.

2 asteroids struck eachother earlier this year in the asteroid belt. What you see is the result of that. I was just reading about this on Space.com

Now, if you want an even better read - they found material in an asteroid that is harder than diamonds. Now that is an interesting story.


I thought that was just one of their guesses as to what it could be as described in the OP