Dawn To Take Another Close Look At Curious Ceres

Credit: NASA
HOUSTON—NASA’s long-running Dawn mission has received a second extension, one intended to foster low-altitude observations of Ceres during the Texas-sized main belt asteroid's closest approach to the Sun in April 2018. The close pass is intriguing because it might coincide with the emergence of a...

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