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Long before ducks made their nests among turtles and squirrels in what is now known as Throop Memorial Garden, the very first building on the Caltech campus...

SCIENCE CORNER Among the questions scientists are grappling with is what the nature of Ceres’ bright regions is. By Dr. Marc D. Rayman There are many...

SCIENCE CORNER Dear Exuldawnt Readers, Dawn has completed another outstandingly successful campaign to acquire a wealth of pictures and other data in its...

SCIENCE CORNER Eight years ago today, Dawn was gravitation-ally bound to a planet. By Dr. Marc D. Rayman It was conceived and built there by creatures curious...

SCIENCE CORNER The closest-yet views of Ceres, delivered by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, show the small world’s features in unprecedented detail,...

SCIENCE CORNER Flying on a blue-green ray of xenon ions, Dawn is gracefully descending toward dwarf planet Ceres. By Dr. Marc D. Rayman Even as Dawn prepares...

NASA found something big hiding out behind Pluto By Glenn Storm

SCIENCE CORNER Dawn continues to unveil a “Ceres” of mysteries at the first dwarf planet discovered. By Dr. Marc D. Rayman The spacecraft has been...

SCIENCE CORNER A new animated video of dwarf planet Ceres, based on images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, provides a unique perspective of this heavily...

SCIENCE CORNER The NASA/JPL Dawn spacecraft is now returning spectacular pictures and other information from a distant, mysterious world named Ceres. By Dr....

As an astronomer working at JPL, one of the most frequent questions I’m asked at talks and events is if I think there is life beyond Earth. By Joe Masiero...