Ceres (dwarf planet)
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Do-It-Yourself Dwarf Planet: Exploring Ceres in Labs
March 3, 2019 
Ceres, the dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter, is a mysterious and exotic world, with its complicated history…
NASA’s Dawn Mission to Asteroid Belt Comes to End
November 1, 2018 
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has gone silent, ending a historic mission that studied time capsules from the solar system’s…
The Coincidence Between Two Overachieving NASA Missions
October 30, 2018
Two vastly different NASA spacecraft are about to run out of fuel: The Kepler spacecraft, which spent nine…
Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past
October 12, 2018
In 2007, the Dawn mission launched from Earth and began making its way towards two historic rendezvous in…
Ceres Takes Life an Ice Volcano at a Time
September 17, 2018
In new study by University of Arizona planetary scientists, observations prove that ice volcanoes on the dwarf planet…
Dusk for Dawn: Mission of Many Firsts to Gather More Data in Home Stretch
July 17, 2018
Pasadena Conference to Include New Insight into Dwarf Planet Ceres As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft prepares to wrap up…
Organics on Ceres may be more abundant than originally thought
June 14, 2018
Last year, scientists with NASA’s Dawn mission announced the detection of organic material — carbon-based compounds that are…
Dawn Mission: New Orbit, New Opportunities
June 1, 2018
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is maneuvering to its lowest-ever orbit for a close-up examination of the inner solar system’s…
NASA Dawn Reveals Recent Changes in Ceres’ Surface
March 15, 2018
Observations of Ceres have detected recent variations in its surface, revealing that the only dwarf planet in the…
Bright Areas on Ceres Suggest Geologic Activity
December 13, 2017
If you could fly aboard NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, the surface of dwarf planet Ceres would generally look quite…
Dawn Explores Ceres’ Interior Evolution
November 11, 2017
Surface features on Ceres — the largest world between Mars and Jupiter — and its interior evolution have…
Dawn Finds Possible Ancient Ocean Remnants at Ceres
October 27, 2017
Minerals containing water are widespread on Ceres, suggesting the dwarf planet may have had a global ocean in…
Dawn Mission Extended at Ceres
October 20, 2017
NASA has authorized a second extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid…
How a Speck of Light Becomes an Asteroid
July 1, 2017
On the first day of the year 1801, Italian astronomer Gioacchino Giuseppe Maria Ubaldo Nicolò Piazzi found a…
Movie Shows Ceres at Opposition from Sun
May 17, 2017
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft successfully observed Ceres at opposition on April 29, taking images from a position exactly between…
Dawn Observing Ceres; 3rd Reaction Wheel Malfunctions
April 27, 2017
Mission Status Report NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is preparing to observe Ceres on April 29 from an “opposition” position,…
Landslides on Ceres Reflect Ice Content
April 20, 2017
As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft continues exploring Ceres, evidence mounts that the enigmatic dwarf planet retains a significant amount…
Ceres’ Temporary Atmosphere Linked to Solar Activity
April 7, 2017
Scientists have long thought that Ceres may have a very weak, transient atmosphere, but mysteries lingered about its…
Ice in Ceres’ Shadowed Craters Linked to Tilt History
March 23, 2017
Dwarf planet Ceres may be hundreds of millions of miles from Jupiter, and even farther from Saturn, but…
Dawn Identifies Age of Ceres’ Brightest Area
March 9, 2017
The bright central area of Ceres’ Occator Crater, known as Cerealia Facula, is approximately 30 million years younger…
Dawn Discovers Evidence for Organic Material on Ceres
February 17, 2017
NASA’s Dawn mission has found evidence for organic material on Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest body…
The Mystery of Ahuna Mons, the Lonely Ice Volcano
February 6, 2017
A recently discovered solitary ice volcano on the dwarf planet Ceres may have some hidden older siblings, say…
Don’t Judge an Asteroid by its Cover: Mid-infrared Data from SOFIA Shows Ceres’ True Composition
January 20, 2017
New observations show that Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt, does not appear to have the…
Where is the Ice on Ceres? New NASA Dawn Findings
December 16, 2016
At first glance, Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, may not look icy. Images from…
New Ceres Views as Dawn Moves Higher
November 19, 2016
The brightest area on Ceres stands out amid shadowy, cratered terrain in a dramatic new view from NASA’s…
NASA Discovers “Lonely Mountain” on Ceres Likely a Salty-Mud Cryovolcano
September 4, 2016
An isolated mountain near the equator of the dwarf planet Ceres resembles a volcanic dome, according to new…
Ceres’ Geological Activity, Ice Revealed in New Research
September 3, 2016
A lonely 3-mile-high (5-kilometer-high) mountain on Ceres is likely volcanic in origin, and the dwarf planet may have…
Dawn Sets Course for Higher Orbit
September 1, 2016
After studying Ceres for more than eight months from its low-altitude science orbit, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will move…
What’s Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data
August 4, 2016
In the tens of thousands of photos returned by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, the interior of Ceres isn’t visible.…
Dawn Maps Ceres Craters Where Ice Can Accumulate
July 9, 2016
Scientists with NASA’s Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet Ceres. Most of these…
- The Case of the Missing Ceres Craters
July 27, 2016
- New Horizons Receives Mission Extension to Kuiper Belt, Dawn to Remain at Ceres
July 2, 2016 - Dawn Completes Primary Mission
July 1, 2016 - Recent Hydrothermal Activity May Explain Ceres’ Brightest Area
June 30, 2016 - New Ceres Images Show Bright Craters
April 20, 2016 - Bright Spots and Color Differences Revealed on Ceres
March 23, 2016 - Unexpected Changes of Bright Spots on Ceres Discovered
March 17, 2016 - Dawn’s First Year at Ceres: A Mountain Emerges
March 8, 2016 - New Animation Takes a Colorful Flight Over Ceres
January 30, 2016 - New Details on Ceres Seen in Dawn Images
January 13, 2016 - Lowdown on Ceres: Images From Dawn’s Closest Orbit
December 23, 2015 - New Clues to Ceres’ Bright Spots and Origins
December 10, 2015 - First atlas of dwarf planet Ceres published
November 30, 2015 - Dawn Starts Steep Descent to Most Dazzling Orbit of Ceres
October 30, 2015 - Dawn Heads Toward Final Orbit
October 27, 2015 - What smacks into Ceres stays on Ceres
October 15, 2015
- Dwarf planet Ceres – new name, new maps, new questions
October 2, 2015 - Scientists Tantalized as Dawn Yields Global Mineral and Topographic Maps of Ceres
October 1, 2015 - Dawn Team Shares New Maps and Insights about Ceres
September 30, 2015 - Ceres – crater walls steeper than the north face of the Eiger
September 13, 2015 - Ceres’ Bright Spots Seen in Striking New Detail
September 10, 2015 - Ceres’ “Pyramid” Gets a Closer Look, But Bright Spots Remain a Mystery
August 28, 2015 - Space Image: The Lonely Mountain
August 26, 2015 - Dawn Sends Sharper Scenes from Ceres
August 26, 2015 - The Dwarf Planet Ceres
August 12, 2015 - Mysterious Bright Spots and Pyramidal Mountain Star in Dawn’s Daunting Flyover of Ceres
August 10, 2015 - Cruise Over Ceres in New Video
August 7, 2015 - Icy Secrets From the Dawn of Time
August 6, 2015 - New Names and Insights at Ceres
July 29, 2015 - What’s Up With Ceres’ Mysterious Bright Spots? Reply Hazy, Ask Again Later
July 25, 2015 - Dawn Maneuvering to Third Science Orbit
July 20, 2015 - Ceres Spots Continue to Mystify in Latest Dawn Images
June 24, 2015 - Dawn Survey Orbit Image 11
June 23, 2015 - Ceres Has Lots of Bright Spots
June 18, 2015 - NASA mission provides closest ever look at dwarf planet Ceres
June 12, 2015 - Ceres Bright Spots Keep Their Secret Even From 2,700 miles Up
June 11, 2015 - Bright Spots Shine in Newest Dawn Ceres Images
June 11, 2015 - Flight over dwarf planet Ceres
June 9, 2015 - Fly Over Ceres in New Video
June 9, 2015 - Dawn Spirals Closer to Ceres, Returns a New View
May 29, 2015 - Ceres Bright Spots Seen Closer Than Ever
May 21, 2015 - Ceres’ White Spots Multiply in Latest Dawn Photos
May 12, 2015 - Ceres Animation Showcases Bright Spots
May 12, 2015 - Ceres’ Bright Spots Come Back Into View
April 21, 2015 - Ceres – A world full of mysteries
April 21, 2015 - Dawn Glimpses Ceres’ North Pole
April 17, 2015 - Dawn’s Ceres Color Map Reveals Surface Diversity
April 14, 2015 - Dawn In Excellent Shape One Month After Ceres Arrival
April 7, 2015 - Seeking Ceres: Following the Brave New World Through 2015
April 1, 2015 - The revolutionary ion engine that took spacecraft to Ceres
March 10, 2015 - Dawn in orbit around icy Ceres
March 9, 2015 - Scientists in Orbit Over Dawn’s Arrival at Ceres
March 9, 2015 - Dawn Spacecraft Becomes First to Orbit a Dwarf Planet
March 9, 2015 - Bright Spots on Ceres Likely Ice, Not Cryovolcanoes
March 4, 2015 - Spacecraft “Dawn” Nears Historic Dwarf Planet Arrival
March 3, 2015 - ‘Bright Spot’ on Ceres Has Dimmer Companion
February 26, 2015 - Dawn Captures Sharper Images of Ceres
February 18, 2015 - Dawn Gets Closer Views of Ceres
February 6, 2015 - Dawn Spacecraft Captures Best-Ever View of Dwarf Planet
January 28, 2015 - Dawn has dwarf planet Ceres in its sight
January 22, 2015 - First Hubble and Now Dawn Have Seen This White Spot on Ceres. What is it?
January 21, 2015 - Dawn Delivers New (and Best) Image of Ceres
January 20, 2015 - Here’s Ceres Compared to All the Other Asteroids We’ve Visited
January 20, 2015 - Space image: Ceres, Target of NASA’s Dawn Mission
January 2, 2015 - Dawn Spacecraft Begins Approach to Dwarf Planet Ceres
December 30, 2014 - Ceres: First glance at a new world
December 9, 2014 - Dawn Snaps Its Best-Yet Image of Dwarf Planet Ceres
December 8, 2014 - Ceres and Vesta Converge in Virgo, Watch it Happen With Just Binoculars
April 18, 2014 - Fictional Volcanoes in “The Little Prince” Are Real on One Asteroid
February 3, 2014 - Telescope spies water plumes on dwarf planet Ceres
January 23, 2014
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