Last Updated: Wednesday, December 18, 2013, 12:25
When viewed with the human eye giant asteroid Vesta, looks quite unspectacular color-wise.
Last Updated: Friday, January 4, 2013, 20:11
The images were obtained during Dawn’s year-long visit to Vesta that ended in September 2012.
Last Updated: Friday, December 7, 2012, 19:12
Pictures of Vesta taken by NASA’s Dawn probe show complex gullies running down the walls of some craters.
Last Updated: Thursday, November 1, 2012, 19:40
Data from NASA’s Dawn mission has revealed that the giant asteroid Vesta is constantly stirring its outermost layer to present a young face.
Last Updated: Friday, October 12, 2012, 12:36
A new study has found evidence that Vesta, the second-most-massive asteroid in the solar system, once harboured a dynamo.
Last Updated: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 16:50
Scientists have been trying to determine the origin of unusual troughs on asteroid Vesta since their discovery just last year.
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.
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.
Last Updated: Friday, May 11, 2012, 15:18
NASA`s Dawn mission has revealed giant asteroid Vesta`s surprising surface.
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.
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.
Last Updated: Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 08:54
The first close-up pics of asteroid Vesta reveal a northern hemisphere littered with craters including a trio nicknamed "Snowman" and a smoother southern half.
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