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Found 2 results for dwarf planet
Dawn

Dawn spacecraft approved to spend another year studying Ceres

25 October 2017

NASA has extended the mission of the Dawn probe around the icy dwarf planet Ceres. It will dip toward Ceres's surface and study its tenuous atmosphere
The dwarf planet Eris

Volcanoes that spew stretchy ice could make dwarf planets bright

20 October 2017

Something strange is happening on dwarf planets Eris and Makemake. They’re tiny and cold, but they still show surprising signs of geologic activity, like real planets

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