We infer the crater chronologies of Ceres and Vesta from a self-consistent dynamical model of asteroid impactors. The model accounts for planetary migration/instability early in the solar system ...

Colorful new maps of Ceres, based on data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, showcase a diverse topography, with height differences between crater bottoms and mountain peaks as great as 9 miles (15 ...

Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, the wide expanse between Mars and Jupiter littered with debris left over from the solar system’s planet-making process. Ceres used to be called an ...

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, cruising in its lowest and final orbit at dwarf planet Ceres, has delivered the first images from its best-ever viewpoint. he new images showcase details of the cratered and ...

On Sunday night, March 26, Ceres smiles for the camera right in front of a galaxy 55 million light-years away. On Sunday night, March 26, the dwarf planet Ceres will pass directly in front of the ...

Ever since NASA’s Dawn mission started beaming back photographs of Ceres, scientists have been baffled by the lack of large impact craters on its surface. Although the dwarf planet is pockmarked with ...

The Dwarf Planet Ceres revealed the presence of ammonia and other unique properties compared to other asteroids in the main belt which suggests that it was not formed in situ. We model the early ...

Since arriving at its destination in March, NASA's Dawn spacecraft has circled Ceres six times, sending back to Earth the most high definition images of the largest object in the solar system's ...

Astronomers have created highly detailed images of 42 of the solar system's largest asteroid belt objects, including Ceres which has a diameter twice as long as the Grand Canyon. The team used the ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Lurking between Mars and Jupiter is dwarf planet Ceres: a Texas-size world with an ice volcano, shiny salt deposits, and other features that ...