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 rich ...

The outer crust of the dwarf planet Ceres, which at 588 miles (946 kilometers) across is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is likely made from a dirty frozen ocean, ...

Nestled in the asteroid belt, the dwarf planet Ceres contains water-rich materials that suggest it once boasted a global ocean in its distant past. Now, two new studies from NASA's Dawn mission may ...

Embedded in the asteroid belt is a dwarf planet that features a 3-mile-high (5 kilometers) pyramid-shaped mountain and intriguing bright patches that scientists are still trying to understand. This ...

Ceres, the closest dwarf planet to Earth, may be wrinkling as it shrinks, a new study finds. With a width of about 585 miles (940 kilometers), Ceres is both a dwarf planet and the largest member of ...

The dwarf planet Ceres keeps looking better and better as a possible home for alien life. NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has spotted organic molecules — the carbon-containing building blocks of life as we ...

PASADENA, Calif. - The dwarf planet Ceres was long believed to be a barren rock, but new images from NASA’s Dawn mission proves otherwise. Ceres is located in the main asteroid belt between Mars and ...

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 with intriguing geologic activity taking place on and just ...

The rocky world called Ceres never grew large enough to join the select club of full-grown planets, settling instead for the rank of dwarf planet. But Ceres may have an even better claim to fame: cold ...

The layers of Ceres. Scientists think that the dwarf planet contains a rocky inner core surrounded by a thick mantle of water-ice. A thin outer crust covers the surface, with carbonates and other ...