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Picture This: Vesta's Dark Materials in Dawn's View

A new study of images from NASA's Dawn mission examines remarkable, dark-as-coal material that speckles the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.

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What is Creating Gullies on Vesta?

Something is forming intriguing gullies on the giant asteroid Vesta. Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission are trying to figure out what could be ...

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Crater Canuleia on the giant asteroid Vesta

Dawn Sees "Young" Surface on Giant Asteroid

Like a Hollywood starlet constantly retouching her makeup, the giant asteroid Vesta is constantly stirring its outermost layer to present a young ...

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Giant Asteroid's Troughs Suggest Stunted Planet

Data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft suggest troughs sculpted around Vesta's middle are likely dropped blocks of terrain bounded by faults.

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Dawn - Vesta Got Special Delivery of Hydrated Minerals

Observations by NASA’s Dawn mission suggest that hydrated minerals were delivered to Vesta in a radically different way than how they were deposited ...

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Mission Features

NASA's Dawn Science Team Presents Early Science Results

10.12.11 - Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have provided details about the southern hemisphere of Vesta, which boasts one of the largest mountains in the solar system.
New View of Vesta Mountain From NASA's Dawn Mission

10.10.11 - A new image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a mountain three times as high as Mt. Everest, amidst the topography in the south polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta.

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UCLA
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