Take a trip to
the dwarf planet
where minerals
and water blanket
the surface, f lung
there by volcanoes
that spew ice. BY
MICHAEL CARROLL
Explore Ceres’
icy secrets
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft provided
astronomers with up-close images
to study the dwarf planet’s surface
in great detail. The massive, bright
Occator Crater takes center stage
in this false-color image of Ceres’
surface, which shows clear
differences in composition across
its face. NASA/JPL-CALTECH/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA