Known as flow formations, these channels could be etched on bodies that would seem inhospitable to liquid because they are exposed to the extreme vacuum conditions of space. Pocked with craters ...
Of the 10% of meteorites without a known source, 6% come from the moon, Mars or Vesta, the latter one of the largest objects in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. All meteor ...
On a large asteroid named Vesta, mysteriously curved gullies and fan-shaped deposits may have formed from short-lived ...
The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting ...
Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, holds fascinating clues about the origins of organic molecules in ou.
New findings offer clues about the ancient origins of asteroids and their potential role in the formation of terrestrial ...
Asteroids, sometimes called minor planets, are rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system. Nasa releases images.
Asteroids vary in size, from 33 feet/10 meters to the largest known asteroid, Vesta, which has a diameter ... Most of them exist within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.