Dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists understand the early development of our solar system. (NASA) The dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists better understand the earliest era in the formation ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. For decades, scientists thought that Vesta was a protoplanet rather than an asteroid. NASA's Dawn ...

Scientists still aren't sure what to make of Vesta, a small body that orbits the sun. Is it an asteroid or a planet? NASA's Dawn spacecraft could settle the matter. Vesta was spotted 200 years ago and ...

EPFL researchers have a better understanding of the asteroid Vesta and its internal structure, thanks to numerical simulations and data from the space mission Dawn. Their findings, published today in ...

<div>Nasa's Dawn probe has returned the first full-frame images of the asteroid Vesta, and revealed the turbulent landscape of the asteroid belt proto-planet. The ...

Dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists understand the early development of our solar system. CREDIT NASA Dawn mission The dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists better understand the earliest era ...

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The dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists better understand the earliest era in the formation of our solar system. Two recent articles use data from meteorites derived from Vesta to resolve the ...

The dwarf planet Vesta is helping scientists better understand the earliest era in the formation of our solar system. Two recent papers involving scientists from the University of California, Davis, ...