NASA’s tractor-trailer-sized Dawn spacecraft is now in orbit around Ceres, becoming the first probe to orbit a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was about 38,000 miles (61,000) kilometers from Ceres ...

Here’s how it works. Editor's Note: NASA's Dawn probe successfully entered orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres on March 6at 7:39 a.m. EST (1339 GMT). Read the full story here - NASA Dawn Probe ...

Using data from NASA's now-defunct Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the dwarf planet Ceres, the second wettest body in the solar system after Earth, could have an interior reserve ...

NASA's Dawn spacecraft slipped into orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres Friday, setting the stage for unprecedented close-range observations of the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars ...

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This morning, a plucky NASA spacecraft has entered the orbit of one of the oddest little worlds in our solar system. Ceres is round like a planet, but really small. Its total surface would cover ...

NASA's Dawn probe is snapping stunning new views of the dwarf planet Ceres as the spacecraft pushes ever higher above the small world. In one image, Ceres' huge Occator Crater shows its central ...

NASA's Dawn probe has begun orbiting Ceres, but the spacecraft still has some traveling to do before it starts taking the dwarf planet's measure. Dawn arrived at Ceres early Friday morning (March ...

NASA’s tractor-trailer-sized Dawn spacecraft is now in orbit around Ceres, becoming the first probe to orbit a dwarf planet. The spacecraft was about 38,000 miles (61,000) kilometers from Ceres ...

Dawn spacecraft takes new, closer images of Ceres. This processed image, taken on Jan. 13, 2015, shows the dwarf planet Ceres as seen from the Dawn spacecraft. The image hints at craters on the ...