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"It a very impressive piece of bronze," said Gayle Unruh of Jefferson City. "I think Missouri is very proud of her based on how many people are here today, including myself." "She looks good for her ...

The geological features on dwarf planet Ceres are now named after agricultural gods and goddesses, while we're still waiting to hear about the sci-fi names chosen for features of Pluto's moon.

MONTPELIER, Vt. – A wooden statue of Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, which has stood atop the Vermont Statehouse for 80 years, was lowered to the ground Monday as part of a broader project ...

Pluto isn’t the only dwarf planet NASA is interested in these days. The space agency sent up a probe named Dawn in 2007 to two big rocks in the asteroid belt: Ceres and Vesta. Now, Dawn is circling in ...

Tucked away in a battered, graying building in Barre, the newest version of Vermont’s most prominent monumental sculpture is taking shape. The clay model of Ceres — the Roman goddess of agriculture — ...

This photo of Ceres was taken by NASA's Dawn probe on Feb. 19, 2015, from a distance of about 29,000 miles (46,000 kilometers). On Friday morning (March 6), NASA's Dawn spacecraft will arrive at Ceres ...

Ceres, the Roman goddess of agriculture, fertility and motherly love, says she is prepared to sit atop the Vermont Statehouse dome for as long as it takes to give working mothers a break. The goddess ...

The statue of the Roman goddess Ceres was hoisted back to her perch atop the Missouri State Capitol dome Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. The Ceres statue that was brought down last year, traveled to Chicago ...

This is the time of year that ancient Greeks gave thanks to the goddess Ceres for bringing forth a bountiful harvest. Modern planetary scientists give thanks to a different Ceres — not a goddess, but ...