The asteroid is likely shedding reddish dust, revealing a fresh, blue surface beneath
Vesta was the victim of a ‘cosmic hit-and-run’
Astronomers have deduced from a meteorite that the second largest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt was part of a tremendous collision
An impact crater on Earth can be traced back to the asteroid belt object Vesta
The crater in Turkey originated from a fragment of Vesta that was expelled 22 million years ago
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent
This concludes the revolutionary mission to the Asteroid Belt after 11 years of service
Exiled asteroid found in the Kuiper Belt
Astronomers confirm the existence of the first carbon-rich lump of space rock in the outer reaches of the Solar System
Most common ‘outer planets’ probably like Neptune
The study provides the first indication of the types of planets waiting to be found far from a host star
‘Pebble-formation’ likely to explain Mars’ small size, study finds
Astronomers think they may have explained why the Red Planet is smaller than Earth
Five facts you need to know about Ceres
Here’s some things that you probably don’t know about the dwarf planet
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