Until now, it has been assumed that Vesta is a protoplanet and has a core. This is contradicted by measurement data that ...

The night sky in May is filled with exciting celestial events, from dazzling shooting stars to eye-catching encounters ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

An alternate explanation that fits the evidence is that Vesta was once part of a planet – but which planet that might been remains a mystery. The asteroid Vesta could be a huge chunk of planet ...

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 ...