[BenLurkin]

Vesta (left) and Ceres. Vesta was photographed up close by the Dawn spacecraft from July 2011-Sept. 2012, while the best views we have to date of Ceres come from the Hubble Space Telescope. The bright white spot is still a mystery. Credit: NASA

[TexasCajun]

Dwarf Little Planet Ceres

[Prospero]

I've been waiting 40 years for a closer look at Ceres, the largest of the asteroids and more intriguing still following Hubble's views and adaptive optics, etc.

With New Horizon's look at Pluto/Charon coming up soon as well, we seem to be at an era of "small airless body" discoveries. We're bound to be in for some surprises.

[minnesota_bound]

radiation disabled its ion engine

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That was a blast from a Klingon warship.