A dwarf planet hiding right in the middle of our solar system could be a surprising source of frozen water, astronomers reveal. A new study finds that Ceres, which sits in the asteroid belt between ...

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Research indicates that Ceres, initially believed to be rocky, is predominantly icy, challenging earlier views. The findings ...

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Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, may be an ocean world-at least in the sense that the apparently rocky surface may ...

The European Space Agency’s first planetary defense spacecraft, Hera, has departed planet Earth. Its destination is a unique asteroid among the over 1.3 million cataloged in our Solar System—the only ...

A European spacecraft is heading to study an asteroid after NASA purposely knocked it off its course more than two years ago. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX ...

A European spacecraft is heading to study an asteroid after NASA purposely knocked it off its course more than two years ago. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hera spacecraft lifted off on a ...

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 ...

First discovered in 1801, Ceres is sometimes referred to as an asteroid because of where it hangs out in the Solar System; but it's big and spherical enough to be classified as a dwarf planet, just ...

The FAA is giving the OK for the launch of the European Space Agency’s Hera mission, a follow-up to NASA’s DART mission that impacted an asteroid in 2021 as part of a planetary defense test to ...