May 2025 is a prime time to explore the night sky, with Vesta taking center stage. Use our sky map to navigate the stars and planets, and don't miss the chance to observe this giant asteroid. Share ...

An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life on Earth if it ever hit the planet.

Let’s talk space rocks, folks. The placement and movement of planets and constellations in the birth chart offer insights ...

Dr. Susan Taylor, a micrometeorite expert and civil engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development ...

On March 29, 1807, the German astronomer Heinrich Olbers discovered the asteroid Vesta. Vesta is the second-largest body in the asteroid belt and is surpassed in size only by the dwarf planet Ceres.

In addition to the eight major planets, the Sweden Solar System also includes models of some moons, asteroids, and comets, such as the asteroid Vesta (3 cm in diameter) at a school in Täby and the ...

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NASA's Lucy spacecraft will swoop past a small asteroid this weekend as it makes its way to an even bigger prize: the unexplored swarms of asteroids near Jupiter. It will be the second asteroid ...

Easter Sunday certainly hasn't been a day of rest for the astronomy community. All eyes are on NASA's asteroid-studying Lucy spacecraft, which should have had a close space rock encounter at 1:51 ...