Vital information transmitted by Dawn mission spacecraft By Ann McCreary A scientist at the Bear Fight Institute near Winthrop has described the first and only confirmed detection of water-rich material at the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Jean-Philippe Combe authored a research article published Friday (Sept. […]
Space exploration
Dawn Space Mission leaders offer presentation at Sun Mountain
An international gathering of scientists involved in NASA’s Dawn Space Mission will convene at Sun Mountain Lodge next week, and two leaders of the space mission will give a public presentation about the spacecraft and its discoveries.
The free lecture at 7 p.m. at Sun Mountain Lodge will feature Tom McCord, director of the Bear Fight Institute, located near …