Roughly half of the giant asteroid Vesta is expected to be so cold, with so little sunlight, that water ice could have survived there for billions of years.
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Dawn Obtains First Low Altitude Images of Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft has sent back the first images of the giant asteroid Vesta from its low-altitude mapping orbit.
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New NASA Dawn Visuals Show Vesta's 'Color Palette'
New color data from NASA's Dawn mission give scientists an inside look at the chemical composition of giant asteroid Vesta.
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NASA's Deep Impact Spacecraft Eyes the Future
NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft completed a 140-second firing of its onboard rocket motors on Thursday, Nov. 24.
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