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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,…
Radiation Blast Delays NASA Spacecraft’s Arrival At Dwarf Planet Ceres
NASA's Dawn spacecraft experienced technical problems in the past week that will force it to arrive at dwarf planet Ceres…
Ceres and Vesta Converge in the Sky on July 5: How to See It
I bet you've forgotten. I almost did. In April, we reported that Ceres and Vesta, the largest and brightest asteroids respectively,…
Ceres and Vesta Converge in Virgo, Watch it Happen With Just Binoculars
Don't let them pass you by. Right now and continuing through July, the biggest and brightest asteroids will be running…
Playing Marbles With The Planets
We've all seen charts showing the relative sizes of planets and moons compared to each other, which are cool to…
Weekly Space Hangout – January 24, 2014: LEGO Mars Rover & the Supernova We Missed in the Star Party!
Host: Fraser Cain Special Guests: Stephen Pakbaz, designer of the LEGO Mars Rover Kit, and Ray Sanders from CosmoQuest, who…
Herschel Discovers Water Vapor Spewing from Ceres
With the Dawn spacecraft now heading towards the dwarf planet/asteroid Ceres, the mission has suddenly gotten even more intriguing. The…
Ready For Your Closeup, Ceres? NASA Spacecraft Gets Closer To Dwarf Planet
The next few years will be banner ones for learning about dwarf planets. While the high-profile New Horizons spacecraft zooms…