Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to Earth. All of the other dwarf planets in the solar system are very far away, in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune.

How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between ...

The dwarf planet Ceres is located in the asteroid belt but looks nothing like its neighbors. In a new paper, scientists propose an explanation for the conundrum. When you purchase through links on ...

Return to Ceres: This dwarf planet could contain the clues to life’s origins Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...

The results hint that Ceres may have enough internal water, organic molecules, and the energy source needed for life to exist on the dwarf planet.Of course, that alone doesn't suggest the dwarf ...

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 ...

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' location in the asteroid belt is intriguing because the dwarf planet is so much bigger and rounder than its companions. Even the 330-mile-wide (530 km) Vesta is irregularly shaped.

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 ...

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 ...

Still, Ceres remains a dwarf planet. Perhaps as it should, given Pluto's relegation to dwarf planet — Pluto is 14 times larger than Ceres.

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.