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 ...

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That is indicated by various meteorite finds in the Antarctic. It was on the night of New Year in Palermo in 1801 – in what was then the southernmost observatory in Europe – that Italian astronomer ...

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 ...

An curved arrow pointing right. We all know Neil deGrasse Tyson's stance on Pluto and its status as a planet. But what does the world renowned astrophysicist consider to be the most underrated planet?

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

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 ...

He named it Ceres, after the patron goddess of Sicily ... In 1930, a systematic search revealed what seemed to be a 9th planet, although measurements eventually showed it to be much smaller ...

The research concluded that the aliphatics could not withstand prolonged exposure to deep space radiation, suggesting their relatively recent formation in Ceres's underground ocean. The team ...