May 11th!!! Scientists view the two bright spots on Ceres; find they are actually more bright spots grouped together!!!

Scientists have captured the best view yet of the mystery 'alien' lights flashing on the surface of Ceres.

What was first believed to be a pair of brights spots, now appear to be a series of several smaller lights grouped together.

The discovery was made in the latest images of the dwarf planet sent back by the Dawn spacecraft on May 3 and 4 as it orbited 8,400 miles (13,600km) from its surface.

This animation shows a sequence of images taken by Nasa's Dawn spacecraft on May 4, 2015, from a distance of 8,400 miles (13,600km), in its RC3 mapping orbit. The image resolution is 0.8 mile (1.3km) per pixel

Experts, however, are still at a loss to explain the composition and source of the bright spots, with theories ranging from salt flats to giant ice volcanoes.

'Dawn scientists can now conclude that the intense brightness of these spots is due to the reflection of sunlight by highly reflective material on the surface, possibly ice,' said Christopher Russell, principal investigator for the Dawn mission from the University of California, Los Angeles.





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