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The Dwarf Planet Sedna
There has been quite a bit of buzz about dwarf planets lately. Ever since the discovery of Eris in 2005,…
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…
Eris’ Moon Dysnomia
Ask a person what Dysnomia refers to, and they might venture that it's a medical condition. In truth, they would…
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…
The (Dwarf) Planet Pluto
Once known as the 9th planet of the Solar System, Pluto is now classified as a "dwarf planet", a Trans-Neptunian…
Ceres Bright Spots Sharpen But Questions Remain
The latest views of Ceres' enigmatic white spots are sharper and clearer, but it's obvious that Dawn will have to descend…
Dawn Rises Over Ceres North Pole
Brand new images taken on April 10 by NASA's Dawn probe show the dwarf planet from high above its north…
A Recipe for Returning Pluto to Full Planethood
A storm is brewing, a battle of words and a war of the worlds. The Earth is not at risk. It is…
New Horizons Now Close Enough to See Pluto’s Smaller Moons
Now on the final leg of its journey to distant Pluto the New Horizons spacecraft has been able to spot…
Dawn Captures Best Images Ever of “Hipster Planet” Ceres
This is the second animation from Dawn this year showing Ceres rotating, and at 43 pixels across the images are officially the…