If you've ever been at sea or visited a seacoast, you probably looked out at the vast expanse of ocean…
When Sicilian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi spotted Ceres in 1801, he thought it was a planet. Astronomers didn't know about asteroids…
A new proposal from the inventor of the E-sail shows how we could create an Earth-like space habitat around Ceres,…
A new and thorough analysis of high-resolution images and data from NASA’s Dawn mission have now provided fresh insights into…
How might humanity go about establishing a colony on Ceres, the largest object in the Main Asteroid Belt?
Ceres, at almost 1,000 km (620 miles) in diameter, is the largest body in the asteroid belt. Between 2015 and…
According to a new study from the Planetary Science Institute, Ceres poles reoriented sometime in the past, which bolsters the…
In science, one discovery often leads to more questions and mysteries. That's certainly true of the ice volcanoes on the…
According to a new study from Brown University, it appears Ceres has more organic molecules on its surface than previously…
Using data provided by the Dawn probe, which now orbits between Ceres and the Sun (at opposition), NASA has created…