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Uncovering the Hidden History of a Giant Asteroid
A massive 'hit-and-run' collision profoundly impacted the evolutionary history of Vesta, the brightest asteroid visible from Earth. This finding, by a team of researchers from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan's National Institute of Polar Research and ETH Zurich, Switzerland, deepens our understanding of protoplanet formation more than 4.5 billion years ago, in the early infancy of the Solar System.
Latest Research Articles
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Tiny Light Box Opens New Doors Into the Nanoworld
Direct from Distant Planet: Spectral Clues to Puzzling Paradox
Skinny Cod and Grey Seal Reveals Troubling Changes to Food Web in the Baltic Sea
Mysterious Holes in Antarctic Sea Ice Explained by Years of Robotic Data
Ancient DNA from Roman and Medieval Grape Seeds Reveal Ancestry of Wine Making
Switchgrass Hybrid Yields Insights Into Plant Evolution
Millions of Cardiovascular Deaths Attributed to Not Eating Enough Fruits and Vegetables
What If Dark Matter is Lighter? Report Calls for Small Experiments to Broaden the Hunt
Cyber of the Fittest: Researchers Develop First Cyber Agility Framework to Measure Attacks
Mass Anomaly Detected Under the Moon's Largest Crater