Earlier this month we discovered that Ceresâ pair of mysterious bright spots were, in fact, not twoâ"they were many, many more. Now, weâve got the closest look yet of the spots thanks to NASAâs Dawn mission.
This image, captured on May 16th, show a group of the brightest spots on the dwarf planet. Taken from a distance of 4,500 miles, each pixel represents 2,250 feet (0.4 miles). âDawn scientists can now conclude that the intense brightness of these spots is due to the reflection of sunlight by highly reflective material on the surface, possibly ice,â said Christopher Russell, one of the Dawn mission researchers, recently. All that said, scientists still donât really know what the spots are made of. Weâre still gonna need to get closer to find out. [NASA]Image by NASA
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