A robotic probe currently studying the giant asteroid Vesta is going into bonus rounds in the asteroid belt, with NASA clearing the spacecraft to spend 40 extra days gleaning more of the space rock's ...
On March 29, 1807, the German astronomer Heinrich Olbers discovered the asteroid Vesta. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series ...
It has been an unusually busy week for the NASA Meteoroid Environment Office as two separate major events in March 2026 ...