The NASA Dawn Mission has observed the famous bright spots on the dwarf planet Ceres up close. See more images, video and other details at: go.nasa.gov/1SfUfbZ | NASA Solar System Exploration

Rotation of the eight major planets of the Solar System. Credit PhysicsJ - James O'Donoghue, with images from NASA. @followers and @everyone | Ceres Science

• Dwarf Planet Ceres 30.7.2020 • Topographical video of Ceres by Sean Doran from data taken by NASA spacecraft Dawn. Ceres is the largest object in the main asteroid belt that lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. With a diameter of 940 km (580 mi), Ceres is both the largest of the asteroids and the only likely dwarf planet inside Neptune's orbit. It is the 25th-largest body in the Solar System within the orbit of Neptune. Ceres was the first asteroid to be discovered (by Giuseppe Piazzi

Data from our Dawn spacecraft reveals that dwarf planet Ceres hosts an unexpectedly young cryovolcano that formed within the past billion years. Cryovolcanoes form from salty-mud, instead of molten rock and release frigid, salty water sometimes mixed with mud. Find out more: http://go.nasa.gov/2bFV4Aq | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Ceres, the closest dwarf planet to Earth and the ruler of the asteroid belt, remains shrouded in some mystery. Though NASA's Dawn spacecraft captured incredible data, questions linger. Could Ceres' intriguing bright spots be signs of ongoing geological activity, or frozen remnants of a watery past? Does a hidden ocean exist beneath its icy surface, and if so, could it harbor any form of life? | The Brain Maze