The outer crust of the dwarf planet Ceres, which at 588 miles (946 kilometers) across is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is likely made from a dirty frozen ocean, ...

Ceres is a dwarf planet and the largest known object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. And now we know it may be an ocean world with intriguing geologic activity taking place on and just ...

The dwarf planet Ceres may have a mottled past and a strangely active present, according to data sent back by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The findings, published in a pair of papers in the journal Nature, ...

Embedded in the asteroid belt is a dwarf planet that features a 3-mile-high (5 kilometers) pyramid-shaped mountain and intriguing bright patches that scientists are still trying to understand. This ...

Using data from NASA's now-defunct Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the dwarf planet Ceres, the second wettest body in the solar system after Earth, could have an interior reserve rich ...

A zoomed-in view of the dwarf planet Ceres, seen from a distance of 238,000 miles (383,000 kilometers) by the Dawn spacecraft on Jan. 13, 2015. The image hints at the presence of craters and other ...

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 ...

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 ...

A new set of color-coded maps released by NASA is offering amazing views and fresh data on the dwarf planet Ceres. One map shows more than a dozen recently approved names for features on Ceres, all ...

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 ...