New research on Ceres reveals hidden organic materials, suggesting subsurface reservoirs and internal energy sources.

NASA's Dawn mission communicated with Earth for the last time, ending its exploration of Ceres and Vesta, the two largest ...

Next story Mars: an image (11 Apr. 2014) Previous story Vesta Watch: online observation of the asteroid – 10 April 2014 Near-Earth Asteroid 2024 VX3 very close encounter: an image – 13 Nov. 2024.

The planets give you a rundown of the type of energy displayed in your chart, while asteroids are more nuanced, private players that help color that ... the asteroid Vesta reflects the activities ...

A tiny asteroid struck Earth this morning, lighting up the dark sky over northern Siberia as it burned up. Measuring around 27 inches wide, the asteroid—temporarily designated C0WEPC5—was ...

When I asked readers on social media for suggestions about the coolest things they’ve seen in spaceflight during the last 25 ...

Abstract: Dawn space mission will provide the first, detailed data of two of the major bodies in the main asteroid belt, Vesta and Ceres. Through its connection with Howardite, Eucrite, Diogenite (HED ...

This is an image of Vesta, the third-largest asteroid in our solar system. Vesta measures roughly 330 miles in diameter. This segment originally appeared in today's edition of the Morning Brief ...

It's been a busy week for asteroid watchers. A car-sized asteroid will pass at about half the distance between Earth and the moon tonight (Dec. 6), concluding a busy week for asteroid watchers all ...

The European Space Agency said that the asteroid, which was about 27.5 inches wide, was seen burning up across the sky on Dec. 3 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been ...