Dawn
Soar Over Ceres With New Images From the Dawn Spacecraft
There’s one thing that could mean the end of the Dawn mission: if the hydrazine fuel for its maneuvering thruster…
Phenomenal New View of Ceres ‘Lonely Mountain’ Reveals Signs of Volcanic Activity
An amazing new view of Ceres' Ahuna Mons reveals it as a towering volcanic dome likely composed of salty mud.…
Large Impact Craters on Ceres Have Gone Missing
Scientists have found a bit of a mystery at the dwarf planet Ceres. In the rough and tumble environment of…
NASA Approves New Horizons Extended KBO Mission, Keeps Dawn at Ceres
In an ‘Independence Day’ gift to a slew of US planetary research scientists, NASA has granted approval to nine ongoing…
Dawn Just Wants To Make All The Other Probes Look Bad
The team in charge of NASA's Dawn mission have asked to extend the spacecraft's journey to a third destination.
Landslides and Bright Craters on Ceres Revealed in Marvelous New Images from Dawn
Now in orbit for just over a year at dwarf planet Ceres, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft continues to astound us with…
Best NASA Images Yet Of Ceres’ Brightest Spot
New images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveal spectacular new details in Ceres' intriguing "bright spots".
Vesta Rules the February Dusk Skies
Now is the time to catch sight of the asteroid 4 Vesta, as it pairs with Uranus and several stars…
Flyover Video of Ceres Shows the Grandeur of Space Exploration
Wow. This video will knock your socks off ... at least it did mine. This new flyover video of Ceres…
Dawn Spacecraft Unraveling Mysteries of Ceres Intriguing Bright Spots as Sublimating Salt Water Residues
With NASA’s Dawn spacecraft set to enter its final and lowest orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, spectral measurements are…