ceres
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…
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…
What is the Asteroid Belt?
In the 18th century, observations made of all the known planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn) led astronomers…
What Is A Dwarf Planet?
The term dwarf planet has been tossed around a lot in recent years. As part of a three-way categorization of…
The Dwarf Planet Ceres
Located in the Solar System's Main Asteroid Belt, between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, is the dwarf planet Ceres,…
Mysterious Bright Spots and Pyramidal Mountain Star in Dawn’s Daunting Flyover of Ceres: Video
https://youtu.be/Inc9BtRip04 Video caption: Take a tour of weird Ceres! Visit a 2-mile-deep crater and a 4-mile-tall mountain in the video…
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…
Newest Planet: Is it Pluto, Eris or Extrasolar?
With astronomers discovering new planets and other celestial objects all the time, you may be wondering what the newest planet…
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…
Weekly Space Hangout – June 26, 2015: Paul Sutter, CCAPP Visiting Fellow
Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: This week we welcome Paul Sutter, the CCAPP Visiting Fellow who works on the…