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Ceres

Half-full view of Ceres from the Dawn spacecraft highlighting the crater Occitor

Radioactivity powers volcanoes of salty ice on Ceres

The cryovolcanoes aren't nuclear, but their heat comes from radioactive decay.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
Half-full view of Ceres from the Dawn spacecraft highlighting the crater Occitor

Ceres may be an invader from the outer solar system

It’s the largest world in the asteroid belt, but it may not have been born there.
By Phil Plait 1 year ago
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Counting boulders on tiny worlds tells us how ancient and fragile they are

By Phil Plait 2 years ago
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Forget Mars! This scientist is pitching megasatellite habitats around Ceres

By Jeff Spry 2 years ago
Ahuna Mons

Ahuna Mons: A muddy, icy volcano on Ceres

By Phil Plait 4 years ago
A wide view of the 163-kilometer crater Urvara on Ceres.

Rolling stones tour Ceres

By Phil Plait 4 years ago
Occator crater, a 92-kilometer-wide impact feature on Ceres, is covered in mineral deposits dredged up from the interior. Cerealia Facula is arrowed (left) as well as Vinalia Faculae (right). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI / Phil Plait

Dawn is now barnstorming Ceres and seeing wonders

By Phil Plait 5 years ago
Artwork depicting the Dawn spacecraft approaching Ceres. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Ceres harvests a series of names

By Phil Plait 5 years ago
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Does Ceres still have currently active (erupting!) cryovolcanoes?

By Phil Plait 6 years ago

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