Giant asteroid Vesta`s hidden attractions revealed

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 12:25

When viewed with the human eye giant asteroid Vesta, looks quite unspectacular color-wise.

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft finds hydrogen on asteroid Vesta

Last Updated: Friday, September 21, 2012, 11:26

Vesta, the giant asteroid, has its own version of ring around the collar, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has revealed.

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft leaves for dwarf planet

Last Updated: Thursday, September 6, 2012, 10:14

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on Wednesday began its two-and-a-half-year journey to the dwarf planet Ceres.

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft to leave giant asteroid Vesta for dwarf planet

Last Updated: Friday, August 31, 2012, 12:21

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft is set to become the first probe to orbit and study two distant solar system destinations.

Giant asteroid Vesta `resembles Earth`

Last Updated: Saturday, March 24, 2012, 16:19

The giant asteroid Vesta has many features that are mostly associated with rocky planets like Earth, a new study has revealed.

NASA`s Dawn beams back new images of asteroid

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 21, 2011, 23:44

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft is sending back the most close-up images of the asteroid Vesta since it slipped into orbit around the giant space rock last summer.

Asteroid has mountain 3 times bigger than Everest

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 11, 2011, 15:46

A newly-released image from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows a mountain three times as high as Mt Everest, in the south polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta.

NASA spacecraft orbiting asteroid Vesta

Last Updated: Tuesday, July 19, 2011, 22:28

NASA`s Dawn spacecraft was captured into orbit around the massive asteroid Vesta after a 1.7 billion-mile journey and is preparing to begin a study of a surface.