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Ceres’ mysterious white spots resolved in latest Dawn images

11 May 2015 Astronomy Now

The enigmatic white features on the dwarf planet Ceres are better resolved in a new sequence of images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on May 3rd and 4th. In this closest-yet view, the brightest spots within a crater in the northern hemisphere are revealed to be composed of many smaller spots. However, their exact nature remains unknown.

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  • Happy New Year, Mars! The Red Planet is turning 39
    29 September 2026
  • 3I/ATLAS was born in the deep freeze
    8 September 2026
  • Roman Space Telescope launches on mission to survey the Universe
    30 August 2026
  • JWST’s ‘impossible’ early galaxies may be even more massive than we thought
    24 August 2026
  • How to observe the 12 August 2026 solar eclipse
    7 August 2026

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