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

The donut made it all the way up to an altitude of about 20 miles (32 kilometers) before falling back to the ground

The newly discovered celestial body is one of the most distant planets thus far documented by astronomers

The image, taken on April 9 and beamed back to Earth the following day, also shows Pluto's largest moon, Charon

Here's what's been up in the world of scientific research over the past few days, awesome discoveries and all

While exploring the Sun's upper atmosphere, the space probe will face temperatures as high as 2,500°F (nearly 1,400°C)

“We know where to look, we know how to look, and in most cases we have the technology,” argues researcher Ellen Stofan

The student-built rockets will reach an altitude of up to 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) before falling back to the ground

The veins, imaged by NASA's Curiosity rover during a hike, comprise minerals deposited by fluids on the Martian surface

NASA scientists reveal lighting flashes occur more often over land and especially over regions close to the equator

The space vehicle, dubbed the Low-Density Supersonic Decelerator, is expected to one day help land crews on Mars

NASA hesitates to confirm or deny the announcement, the whole affair gets a tad embarrassing for Russia

NASA astronaut Scott Kelly and Russian cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko boarded the Space Station just hours ago

Once captured, the space boulder will be made to orbit the Moon and serve as a playground for astronauts

Come March 27, the space rock, dubbed 2014-YB35, will come within precisely 11.6 lunar distances to our planet

Scott Kelly and Mikhail Kornienko are the first astronauts ever chosen to spend an entire year in space

The images were obtained by the MESSENGER probe when hovering just 15 kilometers (9 miles) above the surface of Mercury