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There Are Salt Deposits on Ceres
There Are Salt Deposits on Ceres

Brine Deposits Are The Source of Ceres’ Bright Spots “Bright spots seen by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres are likely salt deposits, a paper published Dec. 9 in Nature says. Ceres has more than 130 bright areas, and most of them are associated with impact craters. Observations from Dawn’s Framing Camera suggest the occurrence of salts originating from Ceres’ interior. These salts are consistent with […]

  • NASA Watch
  • December 9, 2015
QR Codes on Ceres?

New Images of Ceres “New images of dwarf planet Ceres, taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, show the cratered surface of this mysterious world in sharper detail than ever before. These are among the first snapshots from Dawn’s second mapping orbit, which is 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers) above Ceres.” Keith’s note: Looks like someone at NASA PAO used Dawn’s ion drive to paint QR code graffiti on Ceres. Just sayin’.

  • NASA Watch
  • June 11, 2015
Getting Closer to Ceres
Getting Closer to Ceres

Dawn Captures Sharper Images of Ceres “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 miles (83,000 kilometers) from the dwarf planet, pose intriguing questions for the science team to explore as the spacecraft nears its destination.”

  • NASA Watch
  • February 17, 2015
Maximizing Dawn's Scientific Mission at Ceres

Maximizing Dawn’s Scientific Mission at Ceres: SBAG Report “At the last SBAG meeting, it was implied that the Dawn at Vesta Participating Scientist Program had not been fully successful. To gain insight into the issue, SBAG undertook a confidential survey of all the U.S. Dawn at Vesta Participating Scientists, receiving responses from 15 of 18 individuals. A sixteenth person did not want to participate. Responses ranged from extremely positive to […]

  • NASA Watch
  • April 21, 2014
NASA iPad App Ignores Important Solar System Objects and Missions

New NASA HD App for iPad With Expanded Content Available Free “The app’s landing page features the solar system, where users can learn more about our neighborhood, the universe and NASA missions. The app also enables users to experience and search updated, higher resolution NASA Image of the Day and Astronomy Picture of the Day collections and agency videos on demand.” Keith’s note: What’s missing from this picture on this […]

  • NASA Watch
  • September 2, 2010