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 in Taurus Dates: May 8 to August 1, 2020. Discovered in 1801 and having initially been deemed a planet by astronomers, Ceres is the largest body in the asteroid belt that lies between Mars and ...

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft is one that we don’t hear from very often these days, mainly because it spent seven years on its way to dwarf planet Ceres and it’s been (very) slowly getting closer to the ...

Dwarf planet Ceres is depicted in these enhanced-color renderings, which utilize images from NASA’s Dawn mission. New thermal and chemical models that rely on the mission’s data indicate Ceres may ...

Water ice from a subterranean ocean? Giant salt deposits from an alien mining operation? Since March, dwarf planet Ceres’ bright spots have mystified scientists, dazzled space nerds, and sparked all ...

As spacecraft Dawn edges closer to the dwarf planet Ceres, one thing is clear: this is no rock and ice ducky like comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Aside from that, it’s like a Rorschach inkblot test ...

Ceres is a dwarf planet with a bizarre surface, marked by mysterious bright spots that have left astronomers perplexed. Now, these odd features appear to be changing over time, and scientists are left ...

When major asteroid Ceres, The Great Earth Mother, turns retrograde on July 7th, all matters of motherhood, family, nurturing, and our ability to receive and give love come up for reflection. Ceres ...

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Starting in mid-January, Ceres will ban camping and the storing of personal property within 25 feet of what it deems critical infrastructure, joining other cities that have passed similar ordinances ...