NASA has released stunning images of Ceres that show the dwarf planet’s surface in incredible detail. The space agency’s Dawn spacecraft took the images near its current altitude of 240 miles from ...

After nearly eight year journey, NASA spacecraft will reach Ceres on Friday. — -- NASA's Dawn spacecraft will reach the dwarf planet Ceres on Friday in what has been a nearly eight year journey.

New NASA images reveal the bright craters on dwarf planet Ceres in stunning detail. The pictures from NASA’s Dawn mission were taken 240 miles from the planet’s surface offering an incredible view of ...

Another dwarf planet is stealing some of Pluto's thunder. New images of Ceres were beamed back by NASA's Dawn spacecraft; they are stirring up more questions than answers. The images show some bright ...

NASA's Dawn probe has unlocked new mysteries about the terrain of Ceres. — -- NASA's Dawn probe has unlocked new mysteries about the terrain of the dwarf planet Ceres, including irregularly ...

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An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Lurking between Mars and Jupiter is dwarf planet Ceres: a Texas-size world with an ice volcano, shiny salt deposits, and other features that ...

The Dawn probe, which has been orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres, won’t be visiting another object in the asteroid belt, as the engineering team had hoped. Instead, the spacecraft will remain at Ceres, ...

This is the time of year that ancient Greeks gave thanks to the goddess Ceres for bringing forth a bountiful harvest. Modern planetary scientists give thanks to a different Ceres — not a goddess, but ...

As NASA’s Dawn spacecraft makes its final approach to Ceres, the ion-propelled spacecraft is sending the best images yet with more details about the surface of the dwarf planet. The images from Dawn ...

Way out beyond Mars, but before you get to Jupiter, is a planet. You read that right. There’s a planet between Mars and Jupiter. You may not have heard of it, but it was discovered in 1801 – 129 years ...