The origin of a dwarf planet living in our solar system was a subject of debate for several years among astronomers. They now seem to have settled it. Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, has ...

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A crater-rich dwarf planet named Ceres located in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter was long thought to be composed of a materials mixture not dominated by water ice.

Since the first sighting of the first-discovered and largest asteroid in our solar system was made in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi ...

A new study reveals that the dwarf planet Ceres is much icier than previously thought, possibly harboring a subsurface ocean.

A “dwarf planet” discovered at the start of the 19th century has been mystifying scientists for hundreds of years. Now, ...

Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, may hold a substantial amount of water ice beneath its surface, like an ...

This content covers four current science news briefs: a rocky planet orbiting a white dwarf, a mother-daughter duo using ...

A distant star system offers hope that our planet will keep spinning, even after the Sun expands into a red giant.

A rocky exoplanet located 4,000 light years away provides a possible preview of the Sun and Earth's fate 8 billion of years ...

A stronomers have found an Earth-size planet orbiting a white dwarf, suggesting that maybe the fate of our world is not to be ...