An asteroid discovered over 200 years ago which is roughly the size of Germany would have catastrophic consequences for life ...

These were meteorites that came from Vesta (the second largest asteroid in the Solar System), the Moon, and Mars, and are known as achondrites. "Meteorites fall into two broad categories ...

Pallas has been studied for decades, given its spot as the third biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt, behind Ceres and Vesta. Its 513 km diameter isn't the most unique thing about it, though—it's ...

Most of them have a diameter of between 20 to 100 kilometres, a few up to 500 kilometres, but none are larger than Ceres: with its 1000- kilometre diameter, it makes up more than a third of the total ...

This is an electron microscope image of a polished cross section of chrome spinel from a fossil micrometeorite that scientists believe comes from the asteroid 4 Vesta.

given its spot as the third biggest asteroid in the asteroid belt, behind Ceres and Vesta. Its 513 km diameter isn't the most unique thing about it, though—it's the fact that it's blue.