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A Piece of Vesta Has Been Stolen!
Calling all meteorite collectors and enthusiasts! There's a hot space rock at large and, as Indiana Jones would say, it…
Ancient Asteroid Impacts Left Serpentine Traces On Vesta: Study
While "dark materials" may leave some of us thinking about a certain Philip Pullman book series, on the asteroid Vesta its…
Ceres and Vesta Converge in the Sky on July 5: How to See It
I bet you've forgotten. I almost did. In April, we reported that Ceres and Vesta, the largest and brightest asteroids respectively,…
Ceres and Vesta Converge in Virgo, Watch it Happen With Just Binoculars
Don't let them pass you by. Right now and continuing through July, the biggest and brightest asteroids will be running…
Ready For Your Closeup, Ceres? NASA Spacecraft Gets Closer To Dwarf Planet
The next few years will be banner ones for learning about dwarf planets. While the high-profile New Horizons spacecraft zooms…
Lovely Green Olivine On Vesta Paints A Different Formation History
That ghoul-like sheen on the asteroid Vesta, as seen in the image above, is not some leftover of Hallowe'en. It's…
This Is What It Looks Like Hovering Above An Asteroid
Now's your big chance to get up close and personal with Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the solar…
5 Weird Things About Vesta
When Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers first glimpsed Vesta on March 29, 1807 -- this date in history -- the asteroid was but…
Ancient Impacts Stained Vesta with Carbon-Rich Material
Composite-color 3D image of Cornelia crater on Vesta (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Ever since arriving at Vesta in July 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft…
Vesta Looks Forever Young
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a close up of part of the rim around the crater Canuleia on…