LOS ANGELES (AP) — The largest object in the asteroid belt just got more attractive: Scientists have confirmed signs of water on the dwarf planet Ceres, one of the few bodies in the solar system to ...

How would you like to see a dwarf planet? Pluto's the most famous, but it requires a good-sized telescope and a dark sky. There are currently five known dwarf planets. Of them only Ceres, which is ...

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As the moon reaches its new phase on Tuesday (March 21), the dwarf planet Ceres will lie opposite the sun in Earth's sky, in an arrangement astronomers call "opposition." Ceres will be visible for ...

Astronomers are slowly shining light on the dark objects hovering in a narrow part of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. In a new study, researchers found that 10 well-known asteroids have ...

Ceres is the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter and the only such object classed as a dwarf planet. The spacecraft has been in orbit around Ceres for more than a year and has ...

This month binocular and small telescope observers of Colorado skies will have a unique opportunity to observe a peripheral player in the ongoing controversy over the status of the outer solar system ...

Who hasn't been dazzled by the Red Planet these April nights? Come 10 o'clock, Mars shines brilliantly in the south accompanied by the the blue-white star Spica. But did you know that just a short ...

Over the next few weeks, Ceres, the first asteroid discovered, passes in front of the bright Hyades star cluster, making it easy to find in a small telescope or pair of binoculars. Ceres crosses the ...

Hubble Space Telescope observations of the dwarf planet Ceres have discovered the first evidence of sulfur, sulfur dioxide and graphitized carbon found on an asteroid. The sulfur species are likely ...

Watch live online as the dwarf planet Ceres swoops in front of the 'grand design' spiral galaxy Messier 100 this weekend. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

LOS ANGELES - The largest object in the asteroid belt just got more attractive: Scientists have confirmed signs of water on the dwarf planet Ceres, one of the few bodies in the solar system to hold ...