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 ...

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 ...

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was ...

NASA's Dawn spacecraft is finally giving scientists on Earth a truly close up view of the dwarf planet Ceres' distinctive bright spots, and they remain stubbornly mysterious. A new photo showing ...

An curved arrow pointing right. 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.

Carbon-containing meteorites look like they had less severe impacts than those without carbon because the evidence was blasted into space by gases produced during the impact. The discovery not only ...

Ceres is the only dwarf planet that resides within the inner Solar System, making it the only one of the five to have been analyzed directly by telescopes. Eris and Haumea have been previously ...

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 ...