NASA Animation Shows Mystery Bright Spots On Planet Ceres Using Images From Dawn SpacecraftIntriguing bright spots in a crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, are coming into sharper focus as NASA's Dawn spacecraft studies the small world from a 915-mile-high mapping orbit.
Detectable Haze On Dwarf Planet Ceres Bolsters Top Theory For Bizarre Bright SpotsNew information about the mysterious bright spots on Ceres is giving scientists new leads about the dwarf planet's history.
Top 5 Explanations For Those Bizarre Bright Spots On Planet CeresNASA scientists are still baffled over exactly what's causing Ceres, the largest body in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, to radiate mysterious bright spots from its cratered surface.
Young Mother's Body Found Burned Near Modesto Orchard; Killer At LargeA woman whose body was found burned near a Modesto orchard has been identified, but police aren’t sure if she actually died there.
NASA's Ceres Mission Brings Out The Kid In All Of UsWhen I was in the Fourth Grade I decided I wanted to be an Astronaut. Fast forward to a couple of years later, on my 11th birthday, my parents bought me a tape recorder equipped with a microphone.
NASA Spacecraft Slips Into Ceres' Orbit For First-Ever Visit To Dwarf PlanetA NASA spacecraft for the first time has arrived at a dwarf planet to begin a 16-month exploration, and scientists are eager to learn more about the mysterious bright spot discovered last month.
NASA's Dawn Spacecraft Closer To Unraveling Mystery Behind Bright Spots On Dwarf Planet CeresScientists are on the edge of their seats as NASA's Dawn spacecraft nears dwarf planet Ceres and the mysterious spots first seen on its surface last month.
Mysterious Bright Spots Pop Up In Latest NASA Images Of Dwarf Planet CeresTwo clear and stunning views of the dwarf planet Ceres have scientists scratching their heads as NASA's Dawn spacecraft nears its destination.
StarDate: Ceres, The Watery Asteroid Ceres is the solar system's largest asteroid — a big ball of rock and ice about 600 miles wide, orbiting the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But astronomers recently discovered that Ceres is probably behaving a bit like a comet: some of its ice is vaporizing in the heat of the Sun.
Former SF Man Found Dead In Auto Shop Freezer; His Husband Charged With Murder A man found dead in the freezer of an abandoned Central Valley auto shop was married to the man charged with killing him, authorities said.
Central Valley Man First Reported Death From Heat WaveA 77-year-old man was found dead in his mobile home amid triple-digit temperatures in California's San Joaquin Valley in the first reported death blamed on a weeklong statewide heat wave, authorities said Wednesday.
$2.6 Million In Meth Found In Central Valley HomeOfficials with a Central California drug task force say they've seized hundreds of pounds of methamphetamine in a raid of a San Joaquin Valley home.