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December 10, 2015

New clues to Ceres' bright spots and origins
Pasadena CA (JPL) Dec 10, 2015
Ceres reveals some of its well-kept secrets in two new studies in the journal Nature, thanks to data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft. They include highly anticipated insights about mysterious bright features found all over the dwarf planet's surface. In one study, scientists identify this bright material as a kind of salt. The second study suggests the detection of ammonia-rich clays, raising questions about how Ceres formed. Ceres has more than 130 bright areas, and most of them are associated with i ... read more

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