Giuseppe Piazzi discovered Ceres in 1801. Initially classified as a planet, Ceres was later called an asteroid. In 2006, Ceres was reclassified as a dwarf planet. Piazzi's discovery makes him the ...

Journey back to 2015 when the Dawn spacecraft first orbited Ceres, the colossal dwarf planet in our inner solar system. Dive deep into the mysteries of this unique celestial body as we recall the ...

Season 6, episode 5—the perfectly titled "Why We Fight"—brings an unlikely alliance that could change the fate of the galaxy.

A telescope has discovered a new world on the edge of the Milky Way – potentially confirming the ‘Planet X’ theory. Beyond ...

A telescope has discovered a new world on the edge of the Milky Way – potentially confirming the ‘Planet X’ theory. Beyond ...

Return to Ceres: This dwarf planet could contain the clues to life’s origins Hunting for the building blocks of life? Located in the asteroid belt, Ceres is likely a good bet, study finds ...

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.

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 ...

Ceres: Past, present, and future The composition of Ceres links the dwarf planets with a family of meteorites rich in compounds of carbon. These fragments of asteroids are called " carbonaceous ...

Numerous asteroids that have punctured the surface of dwarf planet Ceres also appear to have influenced its reservoir of precious organic molecules. In 2017, scientists studying data sent home by NASA ...

Watch live online as the dwarf planet Ceres swoops in front of the 'grand design' spiral galaxy Messier 100 this weekend.