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It’s Starting to Look Like Ceres is an Ocean World, Too
A new and thorough analysis of high-resolution images and data from NASA’s Dawn mission have now provided fresh insights into…
Ceres is a Strange Place, Including a Volcanic Peak 4,000 Meters High Made From Bubbling Salt Water, Mud and Rock
Ceres, at almost 1,000 km (620 miles) in diameter, is the largest body in the asteroid belt. Between 2015 and…
Ceres Rolled Over at Some Point in the Past
According to a new study from the Planetary Science Institute, Ceres poles reoriented sometime in the past, which bolsters the…
Ice Volcanoes on Ceres are Still Actively Blasting out Material
In science, one discovery often leads to more questions and mysteries. That's certainly true of the ice volcanoes on the…
Ceres Has Even More Organic Molecules on it Than Previously Thought
According to a new study from Brown University, it appears Ceres has more organic molecules on its surface than previously…
Dawn Probe Finds Evidence of Subsurface Ice on Vesta
A new study from the USC Viterbi School of Engineering, with the support of NASA, has found evidence of subsurface…
Ceres Prank Lands Bart Simpson In Detention For Eternity
Researchers studying landslide on the surface of Ceres have noticed one with a distinctly Bart Simpson-like appearance.
Confirmed: Ceres Has a Transient Atmosphere
Sometimes they see it, sometimes they don’t. That’s why scientists have never been completely sure if Ceres has an atmosphere…
Brightest ‘Spot’ on Ceres is Likely a Cryovolcano
The bright regions on the dwarf planet Ceres have been some of the most talked about features in planetary science…
Ice, Ice Everywhere, says New Study on Ceres
A series of new studies show that Ceres is a lot more icy than previously thought, which also points towards…