In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...

That's the name of a massive impact site on the dwarf planet Ceres, tucked away in the asteroid belt.In the mission's last months, Dawn flew just 22 miles (35 kilometers) above the dwarf planet's ...

Asteroid impacts on dwarf planet Ceres influenced the presence of organic aliphatic molecules, according to new research. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

Ceres, a dwarf planet that is millions of miles away from Earth and located somewhere between Jupiter and Mars. Pretty trippy. The Dawn spacecraft has been orbiting ...

But Ceres is different from its smaller brethren: It’s a dwarf planet that never quite made it to the big leagues — though it probably underwent some of the processes that the full planets did.

Ceres is the largest asteroid in the solar system, as well as the closest and smallest known dwarf planet. IMCCE-Observatoire de Paris / CNRS / Y.Gominet, B. Carry Jan. 22, 2014, 2:40 PM EST ...

Ceres, a dwarf planet in our solar system, may be a geologically active ocean world with salty water below its surface, according to new research. CNN values your feedback 1.

In 2007, NASA launched the Dawn spacecraft to the belt to study Ceres up close. After surveying the dwarf planet, tracing its blemishes and examining its sullen features, scientists reasoned it ...

Ceres, and Haumea (with Hi iaka and Namaka). | Credit: MARK GARLICK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images In 2006, Pluto was famously demoted from a planet to a dwarf planet. It remains the most ...

NASA rover reaches dwarf planet 03:52. The mountain’s isolation has been a major puzzle for scientists since Dawn first spotted it. Other icy worlds suspected of hosting cryovolcanoes, such as ...

Ceres’ status as a full-fledged planet was almost immediately diminished with the discovery in 1802 of an orbitally similar object called Pallas, followed by the discoveries of Juno in 1804 and ...

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has snapped the best images to date of the dwarf planet Ceres, bringing mysterious fuzzy features spotted on the icy little world’s surface into sharper focus.