Ceres Gets Weirder With More Bright Spots and Unexplained 'Pyramid'

(Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA) If you thought Ceres’ spots were weird, wait until you see its mystifying 'pyramid.' Indeed, Ceres has intrigued NASA scientists and worked fringe UFO bloggers into a frenzy since the Dawn spacecraft arrived for a close-up of the dwarf planet in March. Upon arrival, Dawn imaged a cluster of bright spots in a crater; now, a pyramid towering over a flat landscape serves as the latest addition to Ceres’ scrapbook of oddities. Scientists have plenty of questions about Ceres’ features, but will we get answers? Maybe.