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What's Hot This Week How to Spot Giant Asteroid Vesta in Night Sky This Week by Geoff Gaherty, Starry Night Education With all the publicity on NASA's final space shuttle flight a few weeks ago, some people may have missed another cosmic milestone: On July 16, NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around the asteroid Vesta to spend the next year orbiting the space rock before heading off to an encounter with the dwarf planet Ceres. 3 Small, Icy Worlds Discovered in Pluto's Territory by Mike Wall, SPACE.com Senior Writer Astronomers have discovered three small, icy worlds orbiting the sun near Pluto, on the outer reaches of the solar system. Sponsored by: Special Florida Events for NASA's Jupiter Probe Launch on Friday NASA's Juno Mission to Jupiter to Be Farthest Solar-Powered Trip Private Spaceship Builder Wants to Go to Mars - To Save Humanity Solar Flare May Spark Dazzling Northern Lights Displays Friday Earth Had Two Moons That Crashed to Form One, Study Suggests