Vesta, thought to be the second-largest asteroid in the solar system, could be a piece of an ancient, unknown planet, a new study hints.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCAL/MPS/DLR/IDA Scientists previously studied Vesta’s interior structure using gravity and shape data from ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

Vesta might be a shattered remnant of an early planet, not a failed one—forcing scientists to rethink how worlds begin.

As the second-largest object in the main asteroid belt, Vesta attracts a healthy amount of scientific interest.