Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or ...

Scientists have long debated the origin of the organic material found on Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt.

These new findings help to understand where and ... craters nearby," says Martin Hoffmann from MPS. During the Dawn mission, Ceres had turned out to be an extraordinary, cryovolcanic world.

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

Using AI to comb through data gathered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft ... but this new AI-powered study suggests a different explanation. "Of course, the first assumption [was] that Ceres' unique ...

These new findings help to understand where and ... Impacts from distant neighbors During the Dawn mission, Ceres had turned out to be an extraordinary, cryovolcanic world. Under its surface ...

Astrophysicists have been grappling with the question of how water arrived on our young planet for decades. One of the ...

Searles Lake has long been shaped by shifting water levels, volcanic minerals, and evaporite formation. In 2024, satellites ...