New high-contrast images from SPHERE show a stunning variety of debris disks shaped by collisions of tiny planet-building ...

A radio signal has been detected, pointing to the possible existence of a magnetic field on YZ Ceti b, an exoplanet 12 ...

Wausau Pilot & Review Central Wisconsin skywatchers will have plenty to enjoy in the coming days, from Uranus at peak ...

Could humans live on Ceres someday? Consider the possibilities of colonizing the dwarf planet in our solar system.

The article provides guidance for observing dwarf planet 1 Ceres, located within the constellation Cetus the Whale, approaching the double star HD 2447. Optimal viewing for Ceres is recommended around ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope, scientists have detected gas on the distant dwarf planet, Makemake. Credit: NASA / ESA / Southwest Research Institute / A. Parker illustration Scientists have ...

Did the subsurface ocean on dwarf planet ceres once fuel potential habitability? This is what a recent study published in Science Advances hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated the ...

Our solar system is much like a trail of microcosmic breadcrumbs: Follow the molecular bits as far back as they go, and you'll learn a thing or two about where many of our planets and other celestial ...

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The dwarf planet Ceres, tucked away in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has long been considered a quiet, frozen remnant of the early solar system. With its airless surface, icy shell, and ...