Space Daily September 18, 2026 • 21:30

On the dwarf planet Ceres, a lone mountain called Ahuna Mons rises four kilometres from an otherwise flat, cratered plain, built not from lava but from erupting salty brine that froze solid. - Space Daily

On the dwarf planet Ceres, a lone mountain called Ahuna Mons rises four kilometres from an otherwise flat, cratered plain, built not from lava but from erupting salty brine that froze solid. - Space Daily

Dawn's images, gravity data and mineral maps point to Ahuna Mons as a young cryovolcanic dome built by a viscous slurry of brine, salts, ice and solid particles.

Ceres is a world of subdued relief. Its charcoal-grey surface is crowded with impact scars, but between the craters much of the terrain rolls gently across the dwarf planet. Then one mountain breaks … [+9675 chars]

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