Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to the sun. It has a diameter of over 620 miles and is located in the asteroid belt. For a long time, it has been unclear whether Ceres formed in the asteroid ...

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Scientists have used data from a long-retired NASA Dawn spacecraft to solve the mystery surrounding the origins of the ...

Then, in 2006, Ceres was once again reclassified, this time as a dwarf planet — not quite a planet, but not quite an asteroid, either. Now Ceres had to share the spotlight with Pluto and the ...

Lurking between Mars and Jupiter is dwarf planet Ceres: a Texas-size world with an ice volcano, shiny salt deposits, and other features that suggest it hides a giant ocean. NASA's Dawn spacecraft ...

Ceres is a big mystery. The dwarf planet has raised all sorts of questions since scientists have gotten to see it up close. And this mystery may be the biggest. Produced By Matt Johnston.

Colors reveal the elevations of craters and depressions on dwarf planet Ceres. The Kerwan Basin is just 177 miles wide, while the depression named Vendimia Planitia spreads about 460 miles across.

It was on the night of New Year in Palermo in 1801 – in what was then the southernmost observatory in Europe – that Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres. Before this ...

CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Viewers asked about the dwarf planet Ceres, what does it feel like to be in space and how many more years is Hubble going to be active? Viewers asked and Dean Regas answered.

The research concluded that the aliphatics could not withstand prolonged exposure to deep space radiation, suggesting their relatively recent formation in Ceres's underground ocean. The team ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. NASA's Dawn spacecraft image of the limb of dwarf planet Ceres shows a section of the ...