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Radiation Blast Delays NASA Spacecraft’s Arrival At Dwarf Planet Ceres
NASA's Dawn spacecraft experienced technical problems in the past week that will force it to arrive at dwarf planet Ceres…
Ancient Asteroid Impacts Left Serpentine Traces On Vesta: Study
While "dark materials" may leave some of us thinking about a certain Philip Pullman book series, on the asteroid Vesta its…
Curiosity Captures First Ever Asteroid Images from Mars Surface
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has caught the first image of asteroids taken from the surface of Mars on April 20,…
Ceres and Vesta Converge in Virgo, Watch it Happen With Just Binoculars
Don't let them pass you by. Right now and continuing through July, the biggest and brightest asteroids will be running…
Lovely Green Olivine On Vesta Paints A Different Formation History
That ghoul-like sheen on the asteroid Vesta, as seen in the image above, is not some leftover of Hallowe'en. It's…
Ancient Impacts Stained Vesta with Carbon-Rich Material
Composite-color 3D image of Cornelia crater on Vesta (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Ever since arriving at Vesta in July 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft…
Vesta Looks Forever Young
This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a close up of part of the rim around the crater Canuleia on…
Vesta’s Deep Grooves Could Be “Stretch Marks” From Impact
Dawn image of Vesta showing its nearly circumferential equatorial grooves (NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) Even though NASA's Dawn spacecraft has departed Vesta the…
Dawn Finds Asteroid Vesta is Rich in Hydrogen
This map from NASA's Dawn mission shows the global distribution of hydrogen on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.…
Weekly Space Hangout – Sep. 13, 2012
The Weekly Space Hangout is back from Summer hiatus, with a mountain of space news. This week we tackle: Dawn…