Tag Archives: Ceres
Stunning View of Ceres Captured as Dawn Spacecraft Moves to a Higher Orbit
NASA’s Dawn Mission Spots Ice Volcano on Dwarf Planet Ceres
NASA Discovers Young Cryovolcano Ahuna Mons on Dwarf Planet Ceres
Gravity Data Reveals the Inner Structure of Ceres
NASA’s Dawn mission offers a closer look at the dwarf planet Ceres
If New Horizons is providing us tons of info about Pluto, the Dawn mission is helping us get to know Ceres a lot better. NASA has released new photos and information that the Dawn spacecraft took and gathered in its lowest orbit around the dwarf plan...
NASA’s closest-ever Ceres photos reveal more odd shapes
NASA's ever-closer inspection of Ceres may have answered some questions, but not all of them... if anything, it might raise a few more. The agency has published its closest-ever photos (240 miles above the surface) of the dwarf planet, and they're r...
ICYMI: Smartphone picture printer, AR app for all and more
Today on In Case You Missed It: A case designed to print the pictures that normally just stay on your smartphone is out, just in time for Christmas. Researchers at MIT are doing their best to connect all the smart appliances and gadgets within your h...
NASA gets to the bottom of Ceres’ glowing spots
For months, the bright spots on the surface of Ceres captured by the Dawn spacecraft's cameras have stumped NASA's scientists. Now, thanks to a study led by Andreas Nathues from Germany's Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, they can final...
NASA’s trippy Ceres map shows what the dwarf planet is made of
No, you're not looking at an artist's watercolor impression of the Moon. That's NASA's false-color map of Ceres, generated using a mix of infrared and visible light filters onboard the Dawn spacecraft currently orbiting the dwarf planet. The resu...