New Dawn Images Feature Ceres’ Bright Craters

Credit: Ceres crater: JPL
HOUSTON – Bright features that hint at the presence of a briny subsurface water source leap from fresh images of the cratered terrain of the large main belt asteroid Ceres, which is undergoing unprecedented orbital scrutiny from NASA’s Dawn mission spacecraft. The latest views of the 590-mi.-wide...

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