Ceres' location in the asteroid belt is intriguing because the dwarf planet is so much bigger and rounder than its companions. Even the 330-mile-wide (530 km) Vesta is irregularly shaped.

We might not currently have any technology that would make a space elevator viable on Earth. But that doesn't mean they ...

Ceres, our asteroid of loss and deliverance, is moving into the infernal heart of Aries this weekend. On Friday, May 16th, Ceres enters Aries at 2:16 PM EST, ...

Growing patches of ice and minerals associated with liquid water reveal that the dwarf planet Ceres is still evolving. Researchers studying the warmer region of Ceres — the largest object in the ...

Today we watch NASA approach Pluto and Ceres, unfurling space mysteries aplenty. New images are appearing today of both the largest object in the asteroid belt and our furthest sun-circling cousin ...

Ceres is the second port of call for the Dawn mission, which was launched in 2007 and visited another asteroid, Vesta, from 2011 to 2012. The spacecraft arrived at Ceres in March 2015.

Dawn maps Ceres craters where ice can accumulate Date: July 8, 2016 Source: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Summary: Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed ...

Ceres is the second port of call for the Dawn mission, which was launched in 2007 and visited another asteroid, Vesta, from 2011 to 2012. The spacecraft arrived at Ceres in March 2015.

Ceres was not the first stop in Dawn’s 3-billion-mile journey. The first was the protoplanet Vesta, which is vastly different from its fellow mega-asteroid, Ceres.

Ceres has been in our solar system for 4.5 billion years. Why doesn't it have any large impact craters? Data from Dawn could offer us answers.

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and was first spotted by Giuseppe Piazzi in 1801. In 2017, Dawn found the building blocks for life on the dwarf planet, ...

Ceres has been in our solar system for 4.5 billion years. Why doesn't it have any large impact craters? Data from Dawn could offer us answers.