The Dawn probe is in a low-altitude orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt. False-color map Sept. 30 A spinnable map of Ceres, with prominent features named.

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! This color-coded topographic map shows Ceres' Occator crater, which is home to the dwarf planet's weird ...

Mysteries and insights about Ceres are being discussed this week at the European Planetary Science Conference in Nantes, France. NASA's Dawn spacecraft ... coded topographic map shows more than ...

Here’s how it works. Strange bright spots on the surface of the Ceres continue to mystify scientists even as NASA's Dawn spacecraft is beaming the best maps yet of the dwarf planet in the ...

A new color map of dwarf planet Ceres, which NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting since March, reveals the diversity of the surface of this planetary body. Differences in morphology and ...

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

Ever since NASA’s Dawn spacecraft arrived ... scientists have rendered Ceres in color. NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory put together a colorized map of the planetary surface.

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.

Peering through the Herschel Space Observatory ... at a time when Ceres is far from the sun. But the spacecraft carries instruments that can detect water and it will map the dwarf planet in ...

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is set ... Scientists believe Ceres is made of rock covered with a mantle of ice. Dawn will take images and make a comprehensive map of this alien world.

This first peek inside Ceres — courtesy of NASA’s Dawn spacecraft — can help researchers explain some mysteries on the surface and provide insight into the many ways planets and asteroids ...

Each 11-day cycle consists of 14 orbits. Over the next two months, the spacecraft will map the entirety of Ceres six times. The spacecraft is using its framing camera to extensively map the ...