NASA announced that Dawn spacecraft has successfully managed to map dwarf planet Ceres’ dimly lit portions where scientists believe that there could be several ice deposits within billion-year-old craters. Researchers explained that Ceres’s has some spots that it are permanently enshrouded in darkness, and temperatures can sink way below the permanently shadowed regions of the Moon or planet … [Read more...]
Dawrf Planet Ceres To Be Charted Soon By NASA’S Dawn
The largest dwarf planet in the Asteroid Belt, Ceres, is going to be charted soon by NASA’s Dawn, as the spacecraft has started its final approach to the asteroid. NASA’s solar-charged probe is scheduled to touch base in March, when Ceres will catch the spacecraft in orbit. With the assistance of its electrically-controlled particle propulsion engine, the space shuttle will achieve an 8,400 miles … [Read more...]