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While looking for a missing planet in the 18th century, astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the very first asteroid, Ceres.
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Ceres is a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt found between Mars and Jupiter. The largest object between the two planets, it is...
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Possibly the most striking is an image showing Kupalo Crater (above), one of Ceres’ many curious aspects. Kupalo Crater, 16 miles (26 kilometers) across,...
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Despite the arrival at the planet of the Dawn space craft over a month ago, NASA scientists are nowhere nearer to finding an explanation...
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You can watch live streaming images of the planet coming from the probe on two websites. If you missed the broadcast you can now...
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The discovery of another bright light on the dwarf planet Ceres has NASA scientists perplexed as the US Dawn probe prepares to enter the...
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The images are available at NASA’s JPL website. Dawn will soon become the first human-made probe to visit a dwarf planet. “We know so...
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The spacecraft Dawn was launched in 2007. The Dawn mission was designed to study two large bodies in the asteroid belt in order to...