A robotic probe currently studying the giant asteroid Vesta is going into bonus rounds in the asteroid belt, with NASA clearing the spacecraft to spend 40 extra days gleaning more of the space rock's ...
A quiet NASA mission rewrote what we know about the asteroid belt. Dawn visited Vesta and Ceres two time-capsule worlds revealing a layered, metal-cored Vesta and an icy Ceres with bright salt ...
Skywatchers in Arizona get a special treat in July—and the best part is that you can see it with your naked eye. The asteroid 4 Vesta is about the length of Arizona and the second-largest resident of ...
Vesta won't reach opposition with Earth again until Oct. 13, 2026.