The new Ceres maps were created using data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which has been orbiting the dwarf planet since March. While some locations on Ceres once carried labels like "Spot 1" and ...

A new set of color-coded maps released by NASA is offering amazing views and fresh data on the dwarf planet Ceres.. One map shows more than a dozen recently approved names for features on Ceres ...

Dwarf Planets; New Maps of Ceres Highlight Mysterious Bright Spots, Giant Mountain. News. By Mike Wall published 30 September 2015 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

This week, scientists at the European Planetary Science Conference (EPSC) in Nantes, France are busy with the mysterious crater structures and fascinating views of the multifaceted dwarf planet Ceres.

New insights into some of the mysteries of the dwarf planet Ceres have been revealed in detailed new maps of the 945-kilometre-wide asteroid taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.

New maps collected by NASA's Dawn spacecraft highlight mountains and craters in the dwarf planet Ceres.

A new color map of dwarf planet Ceres, which NASA's Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting since March, reveals the diversity of the surface of this planetary body. Differences in morphology and color ...

The geological features on dwarf planet Ceres are now named after agricultural gods and goddesses, while we're still waiting to hear about the sci-fi names chosen for features of Pluto's moon.

April 24–26 Dawn photographed Ceres from a distance of 8,500 miles, a day or two after its first circular orbit around the dwarf planet. April 14–15 The two unexplained bright features known ...

The latest photos of Ceres from Dawn, which NASA released on Monday (April 13), were captured just before the spacecraft entered orbit around the dwarf planet in March. Dawn is now in the shadow ...

— -- From a distance, the dwarf planet Ceres looks gray and drab, but a newly released photo from NASA's Dawn mission shows the cosmic mass in color. The array of colors seen on the surface ...

The new maps of Ceres come courtesy of NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which has been orbiting the heavily cratered dwarf planet since March. The maps highlight the compositional and elevation differences ...