<p></p> <p>Occator Crater on Ceres is home to the brightest area on the entire dwarf planet.</p> <p>At 57 miles (92 kilometers) wide and 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) deep, Occator displays evidence of
<p></p> <p>In the tens of thousands of photos returned by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, the interior of Ceres isn’t visible. But scientists have powerful data to study Ceres’ inner structure: Dawn’s own
<p><a href="http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA19606" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>Colorful new maps of Ceres, based on data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, showcase a diverse topography, with height differences between crater bottoms and mountain peaks as great as
<p></p> <p>The closer we get to Ceres, the more intriguing the distant dwarf planet becomes. New images of Ceres from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft provide more clues about its mysterious bright spots,
<p></p> <p>NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was approximately 38,000 miles (61,000) kilometers from Ceres when it was captured by
<p></p> <p>Dwarf planet Ceres continues to puzzle scientists as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being captured into orbit around the object. The latest images from Dawn, taken nearly 29,000 miles
<p></p> <p>NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, on approach to dwarf planet Ceres, has acquired its latest and closest-yet snapshot of this mysterious world. The image of Ceres, taken on Feb. 4, 2015, from
<p></p> <p>As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft closes in on Ceres, new images show the dwarf planet at 27 pixels across, about three times better than the calibration images taken in early December.
<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p>Some beauty is revealed only at a second glance. When viewed with the human eye, the giant asteroid Vesta, which was the object of scrutiny by the Dawn
<p>NASA and international researchers have discovered that Earth’s moon has more in common than previously thought with large asteroids roaming our solar system.</p> <p style="text-align:center" class="small"><br /> Scientists have now discovered that