At first glance, the dwarf planet Ceres hardly inspires dreams of alien life. Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the ...

New NASA research hints that Ceres — the closest dwarf planet to Earth — may ... Ceres is the largest object within the solar system's main asteroid belt, which is located between the orbits of Mars ...

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 ...

Dwarf planet Ceres now appears less like a dead rock and more like a world that may have briefly brimmed with potential for life ...

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test craft smashed into its target, the hazardous asteroid Dimorphos, ...

New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in ...

Initially, scientists were filled with speculation about the composition of Ceres' bright spots, with many believing they could be water or common salts. NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which began its ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) currently recognizes five dwarf planets in our solar system, though there are likely many more. The most famous of the bunch is Pluto, way out beyond the ...

In May 1964, Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson were testing how radio waves bounced off balloon satellites developed by Bell ...

HOUSTON -- Humanity could face one less doomsday scenario if NASA has its way. On Friday, the space agency announced plans to redirect the course of a small asteroid approaching Earth, as part of the ...

An enormous asteroid is approaching Earth at 24,136 miles per hour—and will be at its closest to us in two days' time. The ...