Dawn Divulges Diverse Terrain in First Color Map of Ceres and North Pole View

This map-projected view of Ceres was created from images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft during its initial approach to the dwarf planet, prior to being captured into orbit in March 2015. Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Scientists spearheading the Dawn mission to dwarf planet Ceres have published the first color map of the mysterious world since the [...]