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What Asteroid 2004 BL86 and Hawaii Have in Common
At first glance, you wouldn't think Hawaii has any connection at all with asteroid 2004 BL86, the one that missed Earth by…
Dawn Captures Best Images Ever of “Hipster Planet” Ceres
This is the second animation from Dawn this year showing Ceres rotating, and at 43 pixels across the images are officially the…
First Hubble and Now Dawn Have Seen This White Spot on Ceres. What is it?
There’s a big white spot on Ceres and we don’t know what it is. We’ve known about the white spot…
Here’s Dawn’s Best View of Ceres Yet
Just sit back and watch the world turn… or should I say, watch the dwarf planet turn in this fascinating animation…
2015: NASA’s Year of the Dwarf Planet
Together, the space probes Dawn and New Horizons have been in flight for a collective 17 years. One remained close…
Dawn Spacecraft’s Dwarf Planet Dance Improves Hubble’s Far-Away View
The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the best observatories humanity has. It's been operating for nearly 25 years in…
Dawn Spacecraft Will Take Pictures Of Its Target Dwarf Planet Today
The year 2015 is going to be a big one for far-off spacecraft. Among them is the long-running Dawn mission,…
Amazingly Detailed New Maps of Asteroid Vesta
Vesta is one of the largest asteroids in the Solar System. Comprising 9% of the mass in the Asteroid Belt,…
How an Ancient Angled Impact Created Vesta’s Groovy Belt
When NASA's Dawn spacecraft arrived at Vesta in July 2011, two features immediately jumped out at planetary scientists who had been so…
A Triple Occultation Bonanza: A Challenging Series of Occultations This Weekend and More
Got clear skies? This week’s equinox means the return of astronomical Fall for northern hemisphere observers and a slow but…