Who hasn't looked into the sky and wondered if there's life out there, somewhere, looking back at us? Is it possible there's ...

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

The dwarf planet Ceres, tucked away in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, has long been considered a quiet, frozen remnant of the early solar system. With its airless surface, icy shell, and ...

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.

It's much harder to find, but there are a lot more of them." The first interstellar object to visit the solar system may have ...

Ceres, a dwarf planet, may have been more than just a cold, distant world. NASA's findings reveal a past where ...

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

Methane gas may signal an atmosphere or geological activity on a distant dwarf planet located at the outer edge of the Solar System. A research team led by the Southwest Research Institute has ...

Europa, Jupiter’s frozen moon, is one of the most promising places in the solar system to harbor life, with a vast hidden ...

Just beyond Mars lies Ceres, a dwarf planet often ignored yet packed with secrets. Beneath its icy crust may be the story of how our solar system first formed. Scientists say it could hold answers ...

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

A Southwest Research Institute-led team has reported the first detection of gas on the distant dwarf planet Makemake, using ...