Temporary flows of saltwater could explain mysterious gullies and fan-shaped deposits spotted across asteroid Vesta.

Earth is constantly getting pummeled by meteorites. We are unaware of most of them, as they burn up in our atmosphere before ...

These families were produced by three recent collisions that occurred in the main asteroid belt ... Mars, or Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the main belt. The source of the other 94% ...

The studies showed that while the Massalia asteroid family accounts for the majority of known Earth meteorites, the Karin family and the Koronis family account for a class of meteorites called H ...

Up until now, researchers were only able to trace the origin of around 6% of meteorites, which primarily came from the Moon, Mars and one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt, Vesta.

WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Meteorites - rocks that fall to Earth from space - have pelted our planet from its birth about 4.5 billion years ago to today, often causing scant damage but ...

Vesta, the second biggest member of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has existed for 4.5 billion years with an utter lack of atmosphere — so, any water the asteroid harbored on its ...