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The two images above of the dwarf planet above were captured 30 seconds apart and have had the brightness and contrast enhanced to reveal the bright spots more clearly. Photo credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI ...

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft recently made its closest flyby of Ceres, sending back the most detailed views of its surface. Ceres is the largest object in the Main Asteroid Belt located between the orbits ...

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Pluto hasn't been a planet for almost 20 years. In the early 2000s, scientists discovered several objects of a similar size to Pluto. So, during the summer of 2006, members of the International ...

In 2015, scientists got their best glimpse yet of dwarf planets, when two NASA spacecraft visited distant worlds. In March, the Dawn mission arrived at Ceres, which lies in the asteroid belt between ...

Am I seeing spots before my eyes? New images from the Dawn spacecraft show lots more detail on the asteroid Ceres. We're getting closer and closer to Pluto. Asteroid / dwarf planet Ceres mystery white ...