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 ...

Planetary scientists research the complex asteroid Vesta which may possess the same fundamental architecture as Earth such as ...

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

This asteroid is bigger than scientists anticipated, about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide at its widest point — resembling a ...

"These early images of Donaldjohanson are again showing the tremendous capabilities of the Lucy spacecraft as an engine of ...

Discovered in 2003 by Saanich-based astronomer Dave Balam, the kilometre-wide space rock now officially carries the name of ...

YR4 may hit the Moon after changing its path away from Earth. Learn what this means, how it happened, and what scientists are ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft has captured striking images of asteroid Donaldjohanson, revealing it to be a contact binary with an ...

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

NASA's Lucy will venture as close as 596 miles to this asteroid, an estimated 2 ½ miles in length but much shorter in width.