How many dwarf planets are there in our solar system? The recent discovery of 2017 OF201 makes the tally anywhere between ...

Using AI to comb through data gathered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, scientists have conducted a detailed scan of the dwarf planet Ceres to map regions rich in organic molecules to determine whether ...

Ceres is a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt found between Mars and Jupiter. The largest object between the two planets, it is about the size of Texas and 590 miles in diameter.

NASA's Dawn probe arrived at Ceres — the largest object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter — on March 6, 2015, and has been mapping the dwarf planet in detail ever since. Dwarf ...

But NASA apparently has different ideas. Well after its planned EOL, the Dawn orbiter was still in good health, so at the end of July, NASA extended its mission at the dwarf planet Ceres .

Ceres is a dwarf planet and the largest known object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. And now we know it may be an ocean world.

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them. In ...

NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto in the July 2015, snapping several photos of the dwarf planet and its giant, heart-shaped geographical feature. The dwarf planet Ceres may once have ...