NASA's recently released images of the dwarf planet Ceres have the Internet doing a double take. Pockmarked with craters, Ceres' surface resembles the familiar landscape of our moon. The Dawn spacecraft captured the images , approximately 240 miles from the dwarf planet, NASA says. The images show in amazing detail the dwarf planet's craters, shedding light on how they formed and the secrets contained within them. Among the highlights was the incredible view of the 16-mile-wide Kupalo Crater, which NASA...

China has officially announced its plans to push the envelope on lunar exploration: landing a probe on the dark side of the moon. The Chang’e-4 probe will be sent to explore , the official Xinhua news agency reported. Chang'e 3, China's first Moon lander, imaged by the Yutu rover. (China National Space Administration) “The Chang’e-4’s lander and rover , and will carry out in-place and patrolling surveys,” Liu Jizhong, the country’s lunar exploration chief told the Guardian. Originally, the Chang’e-4...

Have no fear— if a day ever comes when an asteroid is on a collision course with Earth and Bruce Willis is nowhere to be found, we’ll be in good hands thanks to NASA's new office. The Planetary Defense Coordination Office (PDCO) will take the reigns of NASA’s current efforts to monitor near-Earth objects (NEO) and arrange with other nations and/or federal agencies if the time comes to prepare for impact. NASA defines near-Earth objects as " by the gravitational...