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

Space Exploration

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent

This concludes the revolutionary mission to the Asteroid Belt after 11 years of service

Space Exploration

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

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