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When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research based on NASA's Dawn mission data suggests the dwarf planet Ceres, once deemed ...

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, the closest dwarf planet to Earth, may be wrinkling as it shrinks, a new study finds. With a width of about 585 miles (940 kilometers), Ceres is both a dwarf planet and the largest member of ...

Researchers have discovered that the dwarf planet Ceres has an "ancient ocean" with salt water, which means the space object may still be geologically active. Using data from NASA'S Dawn spacecraft, ...

According to several new studies published today in the journal Nature, Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, likely holds massive reservoirs of sea ...

In a recent study published in American Geophysical Union Advances, computer models can elucidate how the geologic activity on dwarf planet Ceres could be explained by decaying radiogenic elements ...

Nearly a decade ago, Pluto was stripped of its planetary status. But if you were alive two centuries ago, you could have been just as smug about Ceres, too. On March 6, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft will ...

Spots were speculated to be everything from alien cities to geysers. — -- Scientists have finally cracked the mystery of the unexplained lights on the dwarf planet Ceres that were speculated to ...

Geoscientists at Virginia Tech may have figured out why Ceres — a dwarf planet and the largest celestial body in the solar system’s asteroid belt — was found to show “unexpected geological activity,” ...

Scientists think they know where a mysterious dwarf planet that “could support alien life” formed. Dwarf planet Ceres is located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and has left many ...