Ceres (Photo : Reuters)
Dwarf planet Ceres is displaying its bright spots again, which were seen in the latest images from NASA'S spacecraft Dawn. These images were taken on April 14 and April 5 from a distance of 14,000 miles from the surface of Ceres.
The planet has several bright spots on its surface, but the two most brightest spots is what is catching the attention of scientists at NASA.
The images which were sent back to NASA show the brightest spot standing out amongst the dark surroundings, according to Boing Boing. The origin of these bright spots is still a big mystery for the scientists who are studying this dwarf planet.
In addition to this mysterious feature, there is another thing which was observed in the images; heavy catering can be observed at many places on the surface of Ceres. The spacecraft Dawn is still not done with sending back the images of Ceres back to the NASA observatory.
From April 23, Dawn will be spending almost three weeks to do a near circular orbit around Ceres and will take observations from 13,500 kilometers from its surface. On May 9, Dawn will be making its way to the lower orbits of Ceres to help the researchers get a clearer view of high resolution quality, according to Earth Sky.
Vesta and Ceres are located in the main asteroid belt which in turn is located between Mars and Jupiter. The researchers at NASA said that these dwarf planets are in their developing stage. They were interrupted in that process by an external force before they could become full grown planets of our solar system.
The bright spots on Ceres might be ice caps, according to NASA.
