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NASA Rings Out 2015 With Close Looks At Ceres and Enceladus (examiner.com)

Posted by timothy on from the that's-no-moon dept.

MarkWhittington writes: 2015 was a historical year for NASA with its close flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto last July. But the space agency rings out the year with some close looks at two divergent worlds thanks to its far-ranging space probes. The Dawn mission returned the closest images yet of the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt. Also, the space agency released images of Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, whose ice geysers have fascinated scientists, indicating a subsurface ocean similar to the one that resides beneath the ice moon of Jupiter, Europa.

15 comments

  1. Enchaladas? by Frosty+Piss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I like enchiladas...

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    1. Re:Enchaladas? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      "If God dwells inside us, like some people say, I sure hope He like enchiladas, because that's what He's getting!"
        - Jack Handey

  2. "Rings out 2015" by ModernGeek · · Score: 1

    I don't understand the entire thing with this whole gregorian-love where we put so much emphasis on an old and outdated date and time system. Seconds past 1970 should be the only time format we use.

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    1. Re:"Rings out 2015" by Vitus+Wagner · · Score: 1

      Than you'll have to wait some 48 megaseconds before you get important milestone 1.5Gs. It is more than one and half turns of this little wet stone ball around the Sun away from now.

  3. Subject by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So what abot the bright spots no pics ?

  4. Re: Ice, ice, ice... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I'd rather take a look at Endor's own moon... Oh, wait. That's no moon.

  5. Saw Something on Ceres! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    It's the Grineer!

  6. I agree by Cosmetica · · Score: 1

    Yes this year NASA made history but don't for get achievement of Indian astronauts. cosmetica groothandel

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  7. Were images of "bright spots" manipulated? by GPS+Pilot · · Score: 1

    The early images of Ceres' "bright spots," which generated a lot of excitement, had extremely high contrast.

    The latest images, as expected, have much higher resolution. What's unexpected is, the contrast is not as striking.

    What do Slashdotters think... was the contrast of the early images exaggerated just to generate buzz for the Dawn mission?

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