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Tactics in space in a universe where Earth is no more

Study finds much of the orb is actually meteorite material

Scientists still don't know what these bright spots might be

The probe has been orbiting Ceres since this year's March

The mountain has recently been imaged by NASA's Dawn probe

The map is based on data provided by the Dawn spacecraft

The dwarf planet was imaged by the Dawn spacecraft

They've been looking at them for weeks now, and yet scientists have no idea what these bright spots might be

The images, produced by the agency's Dawn spacecraft, were taken from a distance of just 8,400 miles (13,600 kilometers)

These days, Vesta is merely a space boulder traveling around the Sun nestled between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter

Earlier this month, NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained the highest-resolution images of Ceres' north pole to date

Images produced by NASA's Dawn spacecraft show the spots rise above the dwarf planet's surface, are brighter at dawn

This past Friday, the Dawn spacecraft reached dwarf planet Ceres and successfully placed itself in its orbit

Earlier today, at 4:39 a.m. PST (7:39 a.m. EST), the spacecraft was captured by the dwarf planet's gravity

The spacecraft left Earth in September 2007, is expected to place itself in Ceres' orbit late Thursday night

NASA astronomers release new space images showing dwarf planet Ceres as pictured by the agency's Dawn probe

The mysterious white spots visible on the surface of Ceres could be impact craters, astronomers explain