Of the five dwarf planets in the Solar System – including Eris, Ceres, Makemake, and Haumea – Pluto is easily the best-known ...

This “farthest away” point is known as the planet’s greatest elongation. Since Mercury is in the evening sky, it is east of ...

Previous observations suggested that Ceres was less than 30% ice, and its craters were thought to imply that the dwarf planet ...

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

The more carefully we study the planets within the Earth’s solar system ... “There’s a little asteroid-type thing called Ceres and it’s smaller than our moon. But we saw on there deposits of salt on ...

Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well. I am a proud product of Ceres, California, where I’ve spent 17 formative years ...

Even if you’re not convinced that planets can affect us, it’s kind of cool to see how these rare moments in space match up with big events here on Earth. Next time you look up at the night sky ...

Venus shines brightly in the western sky throughout November. Mars becomes more vibrant as Earth approaches its orbit this month. Jupiter and Saturn offer stunning views in the evening hours.

Sixteen passengers were injured when a Ceres Rail Company tourist train made a sudden halt to avoid colliding with stationary Transnet cargo carriages at Cape Town port, Cape {town} Etc reports. Also ...

Today: The two meteor showers centered in the constellation Taurus peak this week and next. That means there will be increased meteor activity in western Taurus, about five fists held upright and ...

CERES — A housing complex under construction in Ceres is finding new life after the initial developer abandoned the project. Half of the units are now going to become affordable homes for ...

Now, normally, these planets aren't lined up like this. They're moving around the solar system. And what happens is, as Ceres orbited the solar system, Jupiter tugged on it with its gravity ...