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Weekly SkyWatcher’s Forecast: October 22-28, 2012
Greetings, fellow SkyWatchers! It's going to be a great week to enjoy lunar studies, but why don't we take a…
Vesta’s Deep Grooves Could Be “Stretch Marks” From Impact
Dawn image of Vesta showing its nearly circumferential equatorial grooves (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Even though NASA's Dawn spacecraft has departed Vesta the…
Dawn Finds Asteroid Vesta is Rich in Hydrogen
This map from NASA's Dawn mission shows the global distribution of hydrogen on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sep. 13, 2012
The Weekly Space Hangout is back from Summer hiatus, with a mountain of space news. This week we tackle: Dawn…
Dawn’s Parting Shots of Vesta
Dawn's look at asteroid Vesta as the spacecraft heads off to Ceres. Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCAL/MPS/DLR/IDA As Dawn says goodbye to…
Wanted: Asteroid Mappers to Help Scientists Delve Through Data from Dawn
Many types of craters are captured in this panorama of recent Dawn images. Credit: NASA There’s a new citizen science…
On to Ceres: Dawn Spacecraft Ready to Say Farewell to Asteroid Vesta
The feat has never been accomplished before and next week’s departure for the Dawn spacecraft from Vesta will be monumental.…
Vesta’s Amazing Technicolor Surface
A brand new 3-D video map from the Dawn mission provides a unique view of the varied surface of the…
Fly Over Vesta’s Cratered Terrain with Dawn
I've been waiting for nearly two months to be able to share these videos from the Dawn mission's "flyover" views…
The Bright and Dark Side of Vesta’s Craters
[/caption] Bright craters, dark craters... craters shaped like butterflies... they're all represented here in a panorama made from images acquired…