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June 04, 2013

A 2015 Rendezvous With Dwarf Planet Ceres
Pasadena CA (JPL) Jun 04, 2013
Traveling from one alien world to another, Dawn is reliably powering its way through the main asteroid belt with its ion propulsion system. Vesta, the fascinating and complex protoplanet it explored in 2011 and 2012, falls farther and farther behind as the spacecraft gently and patiently reshapes its orbit around the sun, aiming for a 2015 rendezvous with dwarf planet Ceres. The stalwart adventurer has recently completed its longest uninterrupted ion thrust period yet. As part of the campaign to c ... read more

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Einstein's 'spooky action' common in large quantum systems

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