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Giant ice volcano spotted on dwarf planet Ceres

Images from Dawn spacecraft reveal signs of complex geology that created the dome-shaped Ahuna Mons.

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Skibba, R. Giant ice volcano spotted on dwarf planet Ceres. Nature (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature.2016.20526

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