Dawn

Artist's illustration of the dwarf planet Ceres. From the NASA website

Nancy, but fascinating

NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Photo: JPL

The Dawn spaceship begins to approach asteroid Keres

Discovering water on a hook. Eurof European Space Agency

The Herschel Space Telescope discovered water vapor in an asteroid

The north pole region of the asteroid Vesta as photographed by the Dawn spacecraft before its departure, September 2012

The Dawn spacecraft leaves asteroid Vesta

Asteroid Vesta as imaged by the DAWN spacecraft on July 18, 2011

The asteroid Vesta - summary of findings

Asteroid Vesta as imaged by the DAWN spacecraft on July 18, 2011

Today and night in asteroid Vesta

The asteroid Vesta as photographed by the DAWN spacecraft on July 9, 2011, from a distance of about 41 thousand kilometers. Each pixel in the image represents about 3.8 kilometers.

NASA's DAWN spacecraft will begin orbiting asteroid Vesta today

Imaging of the Rosetta spacecraft near asteroid Steins, 2008. Image: European Space Agency

Survey of minerals in asteroids

Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

The largest asteroid may contain more water than Earth