Occator crater

Ceres an active, evolving world. Not dead as previously thought: NASA

 The researchers presented the latest results about the bright areas at the American Geophysical Union meeting in New Orleans on Tuesday.

Dec 13, 2017, 14:12 PM IST

NASA's Dawn spacecraft views Ceres's Occator Crater at opposition from sun

On April 29, Dawn successfully observed Ceres at opposition, taking images from a position exactly between the sun and Ceres’ surface. 

May 17, 2017, 12:45 PM IST

NASA's Dawn spacecraft reveals age of Ceres' brightest area

The research, led by researchers Andreas Nathues at the Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS) in Gottingen, Germany, analyzed data from two instruments on board NASA's Dawn spacecraft: the framing camera, and the visible and infrared mapping spectrometer.

Mar 09, 2017, 10:29 AM IST

NASA's Dawn reveals mysterious bright spots on Ceres – Watch!

Occator Crater, measuring 57 miles across and 2.5 miles deep, contains the brightest area on Ceres.

Mar 24, 2016, 11:10 AM IST