As it orbits the sun once every 25,000 years, the celestial body 2017 OF201 travels beyond the Kuiper Belt into a region ...

Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and a dwarf planet. I think sometimes people think of small, lumpy things ...

The dwarf planet Ceres is located in the asteroid belt but looks nothing like its neighbors. In a new paper, scientists propose an explanation for the conundrum. When you purchase through links on ...

There's more to the dwarf planet Ceres than meets the eye. It contains a layer of salty water deep underground that can occasionally reach the surface. When you purchase through links on our site ...

song, Interplanet Janet ... In fact, Ceres makes up 25% of the total mass of the asteroid belt. Still, Ceres remains a dwarf planet. Perhaps as it should, given Pluto's relegation to dwarf ...

BySukee Bennett Wednesday, August 12, 2020 NOVA NextNOVA Next The dwarf planet Ceres, photographed by NASA’s Dawn orbiter. False-color renderings highlight differences in its surface materials.

There are five known dwarf planets in our solar system. One of them is named Ceres, after the Roman goddess of corn, agriculture, and harvests. Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to the sun.

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 ...