Transient Mantle Convection on Ceres Answers Resurfacing Puzzle
At the time that the Dawn mission was proposed to explore the dwarf planets of the asteroid belt, it was assumed that these bodies had formed earlier than the larger […]
At the time that the Dawn mission was proposed to explore the dwarf planets of the asteroid belt, it was assumed that these bodies had formed earlier than the larger […]
The crust of dwarf planet Ceres is primarily composed of water ice mixed with hydrated silicate minerals. The water ice in the outermost layer is susceptible to sublimation due to […]
In 2007, NASA launched the Dawn spacecraft to investigate the asteroid Vesta and the dwarf planet Ceres. Dawn, the first mission to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies, entered orbit around Ceres […]
Ring-mold craters are a special kind of impact crater that looks like the ring molds used in baking. So far, they have been identified on Mars and are believed to […]
Since their first discovery, the origin of bright spots on the surface of asteroid 1 Ceres, known as faculae, has been enigmatic. In a new investigation, Nathan Stein and colleagues […]
Honolulu, Hawaii, June 3-8, 2018 Abstract deadline: January 19 http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2018/ Since 2015, the Dawn spacecraft has orbited Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt, and has returned a wealth […]
The Planetary Science Division of NASA’s Science Mission Directorate plans to conduct a generic study of mission options for future exploration of the dwarf planet Ceres. NASA invites scientists and […]
Ceres may have had a global ocean in the past. What happened to that ocean and whether Ceres could still have liquid within it are the focus of two new […]
In an upcoming special issue of Icarus, David Williams and colleagues present new global geologic maps of Ceres. The maps were made from data collected by the Dawn spacecraft during its […]
We encourage abstract submissions related to geologic, spectroscopic, compositional and geophysical analyses of Ceres and Vesta. Possible topics include analyses of Dawn data, telescopic observations, analytical interior modeling, and numerical […]
The closest-yet views of Ceres, delivered by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, show the small world’s features in unprecedented detail, including Ceres’ tall, conical mountain; crater formation features and narrow, braided fractures. […]
There will be a session on the largest two planetary bodies within the main asteroid belt at this year’s AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2015. Though the session is focussed on […]
The two brightest spots on dwarf planet Ceres, which have fascinated scientists for months, are back in view in the newest images from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. Dawn took these images […]
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 […]
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has become the first mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf plan-et. The spacecraft was approximately 38,000 miles (61,000 kilometers) from Ceres when it was captured by […]
Dwarf planet Ceres continues to puzzle scientists as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gets closer to being captured into orbit around the object. The latest images from Dawn, taken nearly 29,000 miles […]
Craters and mysterious bright spots are beginning to pop out in the latest images of Ceres from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. These images, taken Feb. 12 at a distance of 52,000 […]
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has entered an approach phase in which it will continue to close in on Ceres, a Texas-sized dwarf planet never before visited by a spacecraft. Dawn launched […]
The Dawn spacecraft has delivered a glimpse of Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt, in a new image taken 740,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers) from the dwarf […]
The Dawn spacecraft has resumed normal ion thrusting after the thrusting unexpectedly stopped and the spacecraft entered safe mode on September 11. That anomaly occurred shortly before a planned communication […]