Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, may hold answers to fundamental questions about the Solar System. This dwarf planet, positioned between Mars and Jupiter, is the only inner Solar System ...

Ceres is the closest dwarf planet to the sun. It has a diameter of over 620 miles and is located in the asteroid belt. For a ...

Looking for something to do this afternoon? Why not watch history be made as NASA’s Dawn spacecraft approaches the dwarf planet Ceres — the largest object in the asteroid belt between the ...

The universe is vast, mysterious, and breathtakingly beautiful. From the glow of distant galaxies to the quiet elegance of ...

Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It's the largest object in the asteroid belt and the closest dwarf planet to Earth.

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA NASA's Dawn spacecraft took this image of Ceres' south polar region on May 17, 2017.

Ceres is a big mystery. The dwarf planet has raised all sorts of questions since scientists have gotten to see it up close. And this mystery may be the biggest. Produced By Matt Johnston.

It was on the night of New Year in Palermo in 1801 – in what was then the southernmost observatory in Europe – that Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres. Before this ...

The dwarf planet 1 Ceres is in conjunction with the Sun at 5 P.M. EST today. While this means we can’t see Ceres for now, we can see Venus — which is at its brightest, reaching greatest ...

Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris, according to NASA. What happened to Pluto? Why isn't Pluto classified as a planet? In 2006, astronomers reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet when the ...