ceres
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There Are Long Shadows On The Southern Hemisphere Of Ceres
NASA has released a new image from the DAWN Spacecraft orbiting Ceres, depicting the southern hemisphere of the dwarf planet.
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We Can Now See Ceres’ Mysterious Bright Spots In A Lot More Detail
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has just sent home a new photo, a much closer look at the famous bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres. Compared to the previous images taken from higher orbits, significantly more details can be seen in this new photo of the Occator crater.
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This Is Ceres’ North Pole
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has spent a month in the shadow of Ceres. But now, the highest-resolution images of the dwarf planet to date reveal its north pole.
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Wet Dwarf: Astronomers Spot Water In Our Asteroid Belt
Liquid water is considered the single most important factor in our search for extra terrestrial life, so the recent discovery of vaporous H2O spewing from a dwarf planet here in the solar system has Earthbound astronomers over the moon.