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Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed data that shows protoplanet Vesta is continually stirring its outermost layer. The data shows that a common form of weathering that affects many airless bodies like Vesta in the inner solar system helps to keep them looking younger by not aging the outermost layer. Findings described in an upcoming issue of the journal Nature show that data indicates that carbon-rich asteroids have been...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Oct. 11, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE) today announced that Richard Flavell, PhD., will transition from his position as Chief Scientific Officer and an executive officer of the company to a new role of Chief Scientific Advisor. Flavell will maintain his seat on the Ceres board of directors and now serve as an exclusive consultant to the company in the field of commercial bioenergy crops. Flavell joined Ceres in 1998...

Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online New research reinforces the idea that the asteroid Vesta may actually have more of a history to it than just being a floating space rock. Scientists analyzed data taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft and found that the enormous troughs that reach across the asteroid may be faults that formed when another asteroid ran into Vesta's south pole. This could indicate that Vesta has a layered interior, a quality shared by planets and large moons....

WASHINGTON, Sept. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft has revealed the giant asteroid Vesta has its own version of ring around the collar. Two new papers, based on observations from the low-altitude mapping orbit of the Dawn mission, show volatile, or easily evaporated, materials have colored Vesta's surface in a broad swath around its equator. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) The volatiles were released from minerals likely...

April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online As NASA's Dawn mission spacecraft speeds away from the giant asteroid Vesta, mission control has released two parting views using images that were among the last taken by Dawn. One set of images is a color-coded relief map of Vesta's northern hemisphere, from the pole to the equator. It incorporates images taken as Dawn began to creep over the high northern latitudes of Vesta. These were dark when Dawn arrived in June 2011. The...

[ Watch the Video: Dawn's Greatest Hits at Vesta ] April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online NASA's Dawn spacecraft has escaped the gravitational pull of the giant asteroid Vesta and is on its way to the dwarf planet Ceres. The Dawn mission, supposed to last nearly a decade, has been on a journey to study Vesta and Ceres, celestial bodies believed to have accreted early in the history of the solar system. Both speak to conditions and processes present in the early...

Watch the Video: Dawn Spacecraft's Farewell Portrait of Giant Asteroid Vesta Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The Dawn spacecraft will be departing from asteroid Vesta on September 4 and will head out on a two-and-a-half-year journey towards the dwarf planet Ceres. The spacecraft arrived at Vesta in July 2011 after launching in 2007 on a 3-billion-mile journey towards the asteroid belt. NASA said Dawn will be reaching Ceres in early 2014. Dawn will spiral away...

WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to become the first probe to orbit and study two distant destinations to help scientists answer questions about the formation of our solar system. The spacecraft is scheduled to leave the giant asteroid Vesta on Sept. 5 EDT (Sept. 4 PDT) to start its 2 1/2-year journey to the dwarf planet Ceres. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20081007/38461LOGO) Dawn began its 3-billion-mile odyssey to...

THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Aug. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE) today announced that former BP Chief Scientist and Undersecretary of Energy for Science, Steven E. Koonin, PhD, has joined the company's board of directors. Ceres' board will now have 12 members, including 10 independent directors as defined under the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market. "It is a great pleasure to welcome a board member with such a valuable combination of experience...

Company announces plans to accelerate commercialization of first-of-its-kind water purification solution that incorporates the Company’s proprietary, patent-pending nanotechnology and advanced ultra-purification technology to economically produce clean water. New York, NY (PRWEB) July 16, 2012 Ceres Ventures, Inc. (OTCQB: CEVE) (the “Company”), a development stage company currently engaged in identifying, acquiring and developing a comprehensive portfolio of technologies relating to...