New maps of Ceres provide insights into the dwarf planet's mysterious bright spots and pyramid shaped mountains. The maps, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, were unveiled by astronomers at the ...

While establishing an orbit around Ceres on March 6 was a significant milestone for Dawn, the spacecraft was able to gather some insightful information during its initial approach to the dwarf planet.

Some regions of Ceres have more craters than others. Maps created by the Dawn spacecraft, in orbit around Ceres since March (SN: 4/4/15, p. 9), show that areas with the fewest craters overlap ...

NASA's Dawn spacecraft is flying closer than ever to Ceres, but its bright spots remain a mystery. NASA recently released a striking new animated sequence cobbled from the Dawn probe as it ...

The organization on July 28 released some stunning maps of Ceres, which is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter that has been getting examined by the Dawn spacecraft since March.

Dwarf planet Ceres color map reveals surface diversity. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 21, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2015 / 04 / 150416135652.htm ...

New maps of Ceres show the dwarf planet's mysterious bright spots and huge, pyramid-shaped mountain in a new light. The new maps of Ceres come courtesy of NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which has been ...

The Universe is out there, waiting for you to discover it. When NASA's Dawn spacecraft visited Ceres, the largest world in the asteroid belt, its brightest feature was a huge surprise.

A colour map made of Ceres has been created by stitching together a series of images taken as Ceres rotated underneath the spacecraft, as seen in the main image above. The colours are different to ...

This year will be bigger: We get to see some of the most unusual objects in our Solar System for the first time — the dwarf planets Pluto and Ceres. Like all the cool kids, these robotic probes ...