Ceres: The tiny world where volcanoes erupt ice
Thursday, September 1, 2016 - 17:31
in Astronomy & Space
Ahuna Mons is a volcano that rises 13,000 feet high and spreads 11 miles wide at its base. This would be impressive for a volcano on Earth. But Ahuna Mons stands on Ceres, a dwarf planet less than 600 miles wide that orbits the Sun between Mars and Jupiter. Even stranger, Ahuna Mons isn’t built […]