Initially, scientists were filled with speculation about the composition of Ceres' bright spots, with many believing they could be water or common salts. NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which began its ...

Dawn didn’t just observe Vesta’s giant craters - it mapped the asteroid’s interior and detected signs of a once-active molten ...

Here, the 'ice volcano' does not erupt molten rock, but rather 'ice magma' formed from a mixture of water ice, liquid brine, ...

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In its youth, the dwarf planet Ceres may have brewed a chemical banquet beneath its icy crust.

New research based on data from NASA’s Dawn mission suggests the dwarf planet Ceres may have once possessed a deep, ...

New research from NASA has found that the dwarf planet Ceres may be another place to look for evidence of primitive life in our solar system.

At the beginning of the 19th century, a group of European astronomers came together to form an association without precedent in the history of astronomy. Informally known as the Celestial Police (in ...

"The profile of the occultation was most consistent with it being a new satellite — a new moon — going around Quaoar." ...

Though no direct evidence of life has been found, models suggest Ceres had hot water shooting into its underground oceans ...

A former Nasa scientist has been sentenced to two years in prison over a £1m investment fraud case. John Burford, who now lives in Mansfield in Nottinghamshire, admitted in court in June to defrauding ...

Contrary to its name, Voyager 2 was the first of the vehicles launched into space first in Aug. 20 1977 from Florida. Its twin probe, Voyager 1, launched two weeks later on Sept. 5. At more than 15 ...