Dawn Rises Over Ceres North Pole

Brand new images taken on April 10 by NASA’s Dawn probe show the dwarf planet from high above its north pole. Photographed at a distance of just 21,000 miles (33,000 km) -- less than 1/10 the Earth-moon distance -- they’re our sharpest views to date. The crispness combined with the low-angled sunlight gives Ceres a stark, lunar-like […]