NASA's Dawn Spacecraft has photographed a pyramid-like mountain on Ceres
NASA's Dawn Spacecraft has photographed a pyramid-like mountain that rises nearly three miles above the planet's surface. How the peak was created remains a mystery, but there are some interesting theories.
The surface formation is roughly the size of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in the French Alps.
Scientists are interested in Ceres because it is the only drawf planet that resides between Mercury and Mars.
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