Dawn spacecraft approved to spend another year studying Ceres
25 October 2017
NASA has extended the mission of the Dawn probe around the icy dwarf planet Ceres. It will dip toward Ceres's surface and study its tenuous atmosphere
-
Subject
-
Section
-
Type
-
Topics
-
Author
-
Issue
-
Premium
Found 16 results for dwarf planet
Distant DeeDee could be a new dwarf planet
19 April 2017
New observations of an object beyond Neptune show it could be big enough to be considered a world in the same class as Pluto and Ceres
NASA reveals best pictures of bright spots on Ceres
16 September 2015
Scientists are studying the best-ever pictures of the mysterious bright spots on the dwarf planet this week, but we still don't know what they are
NASA picks post-Pluto destination for New Horizons spacecraft
2 September 2015
Fresh off its July fly-by of Pluto, the New Horizons spacecraft is bound for a tiny object even further from the sun
New Horizons spots oozing glaciers and hazy skies on Pluto
29 July 2015
The New Horizons spacecraft took a backlit shot of Pluto after its historic fly-by, and saw surprisingly Earth-like features
New Horizons fly-by shows Pluto to be a surprising world
15 July 2015
From ice to ionised nitrogen and even a heart, NASA's already uncovering "mouth-watering" science about the dwarf planet
Pluto probe hiccup caused by overloaded computer
8 July 2015
NASA temporarily lost touch with its New Horizons spacecraft as it approaches Pluto, but the problem has been fixed and won't threaten the mission
New Horizons snaps first infrared image of Pluto
24 June 2015
The NASA spacecraft en route to Pluto is running through its dress rehearsal, starting with an image that could help reveal what Pluto is made of
Giant telescope in Hawaii gets go-ahead, if others shut down
3 June 2015
Protests over the construction of the Thirty Meter Telescope on Mauna Kea halted its progress. Now construction is back on, but three other scopes will have to close
Dawn spacecraft set for first visit to a dwarf planet
3 March 2015
The asteroid-hopping spacecraft will arrive at Ceres on Friday, making it the first to visit a dwarf planet and the first to visit two different worlds
