The craters on Ceres never made sense. Gravity readings from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft told scientists the dwarf planet’s outer ...

As a bench scientist, normally when I say "data will be forthcoming," there's a certain delay implied. Data will be forthcoming after a certain delta-t. But NASA apparently has different ideas. Well ...

Data from NASA’s recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically active? NASA’s Dawn spacecraft gave ...

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Since its capture by the gravity of dwarf planet Ceres on March 6, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has performed flawlessly, continuing to thrust with its ion engine as planned. The thrust, combined with Ceres ...

Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has long perplexed planetary scientists. Once considered a planet, then an asteroid, and now officially classified as a dwarf ...

Dawn captured a full ~9-hour-long rotation of Ceres in this series taken on Feb. 19, 2015 from a distance of nearly 29,000 miles (46,000 km). The images have a ...

New research suggests there may be higher concentration of organic molecules on Ceres than originally believed. Where'd they come from? That's a major question. Share on Facebook (opens in a new ...

'Ceres, we think, is therefore the most accessible icy world in the universe.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space ...