When minor planets Ceres and Vesta rock Earth into chaos Date: July 18, 2011 Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics Summary: A new study examines the orbital evolution of minor planets Ceres and Vesta ...

In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...

When Dawn arrived in 2015, Ceres became the first dwarf planet to be visited by a spacecraft. As it approached, Dawn discovered two bright white areas, named Cerealia Facula and Vinalia Faculae.

Closest ever look at dwarf planet Ceres First images from Dawn spacecraft produce 3-D model of 'mysterious' terrain Date: June 11, 2015 Source: University of California - Los Angeles ...

Dwarf Planet Ceres Is Covered in Water-Ice. Thanks in large part to something called "cold traps." ... At 587 miles in diameter, it's the largest minor planet within the orbit of Neptune.

The dwarf planet Ceres is a complex and active world unlike any other place in the solar system, ... How to find Ursa Minor, the Little Bear with a little help from the North Star. 3.

Ceres has a lot more in common with Pluto than an asteroid and scientists plan to research it a lot more. NASA has been interested in the weird dwarf planet for a while.

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 ...

The dwarf planet Ceres has a diameter of almost 1,000 kilometers and is located in the asteroid belt. In the television series "The Expanse," Ceres gained new fame as the main base of the so ...

Astronomy & Astrophysics is publishing numerical simulations of the long-term evolution of the orbits of minor planets Ceres and Vesta, which are the largest bodies in the asteroid belt, between ...

Ceres is the largest dwarf planet in the inner solar system, and new findings from the Dawn spacecraft reveal this body is covered Ceres is rich with water, the Dawn spacecraft finds.