Ceres' geological activity, ice revealed in new research

Friday, September 2, 2016 - 05:01 in Astronomy & Space

A lonely 3-mile-high (5-kilometer-high) mountain on Ceres is likely volcanic in origin, and the dwarf planet may have a weak, temporary atmosphere. These are just two of many new insights about Ceres from NASA's Dawn mission published in six papers.

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