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Ion Propulsion: The Key to Deep Space Exploration
When we think of space travel, we tend to picture a massive rocket blasting off from Earth, with huge blast…
Invest a Night in Vesta
The brightest asteroid visible from Earth prowls across Cetus the Whale this month. Vesta shines at magnitude +6.3, right at the…
Scientists Tantalized as Dawn Yields Global Mineral and Topographic Maps of Ceres
Slowly but surely the mysteries of dwarf planet Ceres are being peeled back layer by layer as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft…
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Do Ceres Bizarre Bright Spots Seen in Dazzling New Close Ups Arise from ‘Water Leakage’? Dawn Science Team Talks to UT
This image, made using images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft during the mission's High Altitude Mapping Orbit (HAMO) phase, shows…
Ceres’ “Pyramid” Gets a Closer Look, But Bright Spots Remain a Mystery
The Dawn spacecraft is now orbiting just 1,470 kilometers (915 miles) above Ceres’ surface, and the science team released these…
Ceres Resembles Saturn’s Icy Moons
Ceres' topography is revealed in full (but false) color in a new map created from elevation data gathered by NASA's Dawn…
What’s Up With Ceres’ Mysterious Bright Spots? Reply Hazy, Ask Again Later
The crater that contains those puzzlingly bright spots on Ceres may harbor an equally puzzling haze. Or not. The hints of haze…
Is That a Big Crater on Pluto? Pyramidal Mountain Found on Ceres
You're probably as eager as I am for new images of Pluto and Ceres as both New Horizons and Dawn…
Ceres Bright Spots Keep Their Secret Even From 2,700 miles Up
Don't get me wrong. I love this new photo. Dawn snapped it from its second mapping orbit from 2,700 miles up…