Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt, still harbors many secrets. Recent discoveries could reshape our ...

Astronomers think that a dwarf planet hiding in the middle of our solar system could be a source of frozen water. The dwarf ...

Ceres, we think, is therefore the most accessible icy world in the universe.' The outer crust of the dwarf planet Ceres, which at 588 miles (946 kilometers) across is the largest object in the ...

On a small dwarf planet called Makemake, astronomers have seen signs of surprising temperature changes. These could indicate ...

In December 2003, the Hubble Telescope spotted something peculiar on the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Hazy images revealed something bright and ...

Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy world we see today? This is what a recent study published in Nature Astronomy ...

A dwarf planet thought to have some ice mixed in with its dirty surface may have a lot more cool than we ever expected. Ceres – the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter – could ...

Researchers have explored mysterious flow features on airless celestial bodies like Vesta, Ceres, and Europa. In their latest ...

Famously, Pluto no longer met the criteria and was demoted to a dwarf planet. Things have been a ... Uranus and Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres, the largest object in the main asteroid belt ...

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