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

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

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 ...

The Sweden Solar System is the largest scale model of the Solar System in existence, and it spans the entire Swedish territory. It was created by astronomers Nils Brenning and Gösta Gahm to help ...

Apr. 15, 2025 — First ever supercomputer simulations of Mars with a fully molten core could explain the Red Planet's unusual magnetic field. Billions of years ago, Mars had an active magnetic field.

New findings change how Vesta is defined as not quite an asteroid or a planet. This research challenges previous notions ...

Its stunning imagery inspired people across the globe, and the data behind those images revealed surprises about everything from early galaxies to planets in our own solar system," Shawn Domagal ...

Vesta might be a shattered remnant of an early planet, not a failed one—forcing scientists to rethink how worlds begin.

For decades, scientists believed Vesta, one of the largest objects in our solar system’s asteroid belt ... suggestion but hadn’t considered it a real possibility. “This idea went from ...

And in the past decade, more than 20 spacecraft have ventured into the deepest reaches of our solar system. These probes ... sending back pictures that humble or awe, even as they advance ...

Mike Brown is convinced that beyond Neptune, at the far reaches of our solar system ... southern sky every night, taking pictures as it goes with the biggest digital camera in the world.