The data was collected by NASA's Dawn space probe several years ago. The findings have revealed a lot about Ceres' origin.

Today NASA said that the Dawn spacecraft has fallen out of contact with Earth, presumably because it’s run out of the thruster… Read More The once-mysterious bright spots shining on the surface of the ...

Scientists have used data from a long-retired NASA Dawn spacecraft to solve the mystery surrounding the origins of the ...

A space probe named Hera captured images of Mars' small Deimos moon while on a mission to examine an asteroid.

NASA's Dawn Spacecraft is flying 240 miles above Ceres, and the images it is capturing are revealing fascinating characteristics of the minor planet's surface. Produced by Emma Fierberg.

The Solar System's first-of-its-kind finding may be a 90% water planet. Is the dwarf planet, Ceres, holding the possibility ...

An curved arrow pointing right. NASA's dawn spacecraft has been taking photos of the fascinating dwarf planet Ceres. Here's some of the planet's most interesting features. Produced by Grace Raver.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of Ceres' south polar region on May 17, 2017.

On the way to investigate the scene of a historic asteroid collision, a European spacecraft swung by Mars and captured rare ...

It was on the night of New Year in Palermo in 1801 – in what was then the southernmost observatory in Europe – that Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres. Before this ...

China has almost reached the red planet. The Chinese probe Tianwen-1 is just days away from entering orbit around Mars. That means it's already close enough to get some pretty good looks at Earth ...