The latest data from the Dawn space probe points to underground ice flows and a water vapour atmosphere.
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Dawn’s mission director and chief engineer describes his ‘dream come true’ job – and how the new data coming back from Ceres could unlock some of the secrets of the earliest days of our solar system.
Everything in space is so far away, but probes bring us closer.
Approaching Ceres, the Dawn spacecraft reveals the dwarf planet in colour for the first time.
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft hasn’t reached optimum orbit around Ceres but the data it’s returning has already got scientists excited.
It’s no TIE fighter, but the Dawn probe is driven by the future of spacecraft propulsion: ion engines.
There is no doubt that 2014 was a fantastic year for planetary sciences – the high points were the successful landing of Philae on comet 67P, the discovery of methane by the Curiosity rover on Mars and…
