Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt, still harbors many secrets. Recent discoveries could reshape our understanding of this mysterious celestial object. Computer simulations suggest ...

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 ...

In December 2003, the Hubble Telescope spotted something peculiar on the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Hazy images revealed something bright and ...

The space agency’s Dawn mission began in earnest in early 2015 when its observational spacecraft reached Ceres, the large dwarf planet hanging out in the asteroid belt situated between Mars and ...

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In the time Pluto was found, classified as a planet and reclassified as a dwarf planet, it has not completed one orbit. One ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's dawn spacecraft has been taking photos of the fascinating dwarf planet Ceres. Here's some of the planet's most interesting features. Produced by Grace Raver.

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.

A NASA spacecraft just discovered a hidden ocean in our solar system. The agency's Dawn probe orbited the dwarf planet Ceres, which sits inside the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ...

Famously, Pluto no longer met the criteria and was demoted to a dwarf planet. Things have been a ... Uranus and Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt ...

If an object is large enough to make itself round but not clear its orbit, like Pluto or Ceres, it gets called a dwarf planet. Astronomers often use the term "dwarf" to refer to smaller versions ...