An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been ...

Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new ...

Scientists leveraged a global camera network and doorbell cameras to track dozens of meteorites to their asteroid families.

The asteroid, with a diameter of about 950 feet will come close enough to Earth on Friday to warrant astronomers keeping a ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an asteroid and eventually concluded it was more like a planet with a crust, mantle ...

Vesta, one of the two largest bodies in our solar system's asteroid belt, has long been thought to be more than just another ...

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system's asteroid belt, wasn't just an ...

Donaldjohanson is one of three asteroids in the solar system’s main asteroid belt that Lucy plans to fly by in addition to ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

Astronomers studied it for clues to how early planets grew, and what Earth might have looked like in its infancy.

The asteroid has been compared to a lumpy bowling pin by space-watchers, with NASA describing it as looking like two ice ...