NASA Finds Evidence Of Organic Material And Life Possibilty On Planet Ceres

Medicine & Technology Feb 17, 2017

Ceres, a dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter is found to have organic material and NASA's Dawn mission hints at the potential presence of some kind of life form.

Dawn Space Mission Sends Back More Detailed Images Of Ceres

Jan 12, 2016

NASA received more images of Ceres from the Dawn spacecraft taken at its lowest altitude yet on the dwarf planet.

NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Sends Back New Images of Ceres

May 30, 2015

New images have been taken of Ceres by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft and they offer some of the best quality shots of the dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt.

Scientists Believe Ceres Might Have A Volcano

Mar 19, 2015

Since the arrival of the Dawn spacecraft, scientists have been hard at work beginning their studies of the planet that was never meant to be. When it first started its approach, the scientific community was abuzz as the first pictures showed bright spots on the surface. Now, scientists believe that these bright spots could possibly be volcanoes of ice.

What's Next for Dawn at the Dwarf Planet Ceres

Mar 07, 2015

NASA's Dawn spacecraft has completed its eight-year journey to the dwarf planet Ceres, but what lies ahead for the history making spacecraft while it orbits the planet that was never meant to be?

Dawn Spacecraft Arrives to Ceres—Hear What NASA Has to Say About the Mission

Mar 06, 2015

After more than seven years of drifting in space, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has finally achieved its primary mission of entering orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres. Becoming the first ever mission to achieve orbit around a dwarf planet, mission controllers with NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory received confirmation this morning that the small orbiter had finally reached its destination.

Dawn’s Long Journey About to End By Entering Orbit of Ceres

Mar 04, 2015

As the week draws to a close, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will begin the final climax of its long journey as it enters orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the Main Asteroid Belt between Mars and Jupiter.

As Dawn Spacecraft Approaches, A Second Bright Light Emerges from Ceres

Feb 27, 2015

To better answer Piazzi’s original questions, and some new ones that have arisen in the more than two centuries since it was first discovered, researchers with NASA developed the Dawn Spacecraft mission which was originally launched in 2007. After a successful 14-month-orbit around Vesta in the asteroid belt, Dawn is now moving onto the next dwarf planet and will arrive to Ceres within the next week. And the first question that the Dawn mission would like to answer is a glaring one, visible on the surface.

NASA’s Dawn Captures Unseen Image of Dwarf Planet Ceres in Asteroid Belt

Feb 06, 2015

Only a month before starting its orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres in our solar system's main asteroid belt, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed the sharpest images of the mysterious dwarf planet to date.

NASA Scientists Mystified by White Spot on Ceres

Jan 26, 2015

NASA's Dawn spacecraft continues its approach to the dwarf planet Ceres for its planned mission. During this approach it has already snapped several images of this small planet located in the asteroid belt. And what these pictures have revealed has mystified scientists at NASA for weeks.