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
NASA’s revolutionary Dawn spacecraft enters the final stretch
The legacy of Dawn has taught astronomers remarkable things about the evolution of the inner Solar System
Dawn gets first look into the interior of Ceres
Scientists have accessed powerful data that allows them to study the dwarf planet’s inner structure
Ceres’ bright spots revealed in striking new detail
The luminous features on the dwarf planet gleam with mystery in new views delivered by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft