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

As the second-largest object in the main asteroid belt, Vesta attracts a healthy amount of scientific interest.

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

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCAL/MPS/DLR/IDA Scientists previously studied Vesta’s interior structure using gravity and shape data from ...

The asteroid, spanning around 49 to 111 feet in diameter, is hurtling through space at some 42,300 miles per hour.

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

To view the Eta Aquarids find an area well away from city lights or street lights. 'Come prepared with a sleeping bag, ...

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

Bright stars visible during May mornings include Arcturus in the west; Vega nearly overhead; with nearby Altair and Deneb completing the Summer Triangle; Antares in the southwest; and Fomalhaut rising ...

Telescopes provide closeup views of Jupiter and its four largest moons discovered by Galileo, and of Mars. Although Mars is ...