Dawn Findings Suggest Ceres Was Geologically Active

HOUSTON—Imagery of the large asteroid Ceres from NASA’s Dawn mission shows a conspicuous absence of large craters, hinting at internal processes that could be erasing evidence of impacts. Such craters are clearly visible on the smaller yet still hefty asteroid Vesta, which was also visited by Dawn...

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