NASA's Hubble Space Telescope took this images of the asteroid 1 Ceres. The bright spot that appears in the image is a mystery. It is brighter than its surroundings. Yet it is still very dark, reflecting only a small portion of the sunlight that shines on it.
NASA, ESA, J. Parker (Southwest Research Institute), P. Thomas (Cornell University), and L. McFadden (University of Maryland, College Park), and M. Mutchler and Z. Levay (STScI)
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