The Dawn spacecraft continues to perform flawlessly in its new orbit around Ceres and is revealing new details about the dwarf planet. Now orbiting 915 miles above the surface (1,470 kilometers), Dawn takes 11 days to capture and return images. Each 11-day cycle features 14 orbits and during the...
Do you feel like an astronaut? Well then, take a cruise over the dwarf planet Ceres recently studied by the Dawn spacecraft, a mission of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, in Pasadena, California. The video is quite incredible. You’ll feel like Buzz Aldrin as you fly over a prominent mountain with bright...
The legend of the white spots on Ceres continues to grow as the mystery of what they are intensifies. New images of Ceres, taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, offer a closer view of the spots, but still no answer to the mystery. The spots are not the only features...
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