If Ceres ever was habitable, its window to potentially sustain life likely closed billions of years ago. Today, its surface is bitterly cold, with most of its underground water frozen into a thick ...

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

At first glance, the dwarf planet Ceres hardly inspires dreams of alien life. Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the ...

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.

NASA scientists have unveiled evidence that the dwarf planet Ceres—the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter—may have harbored the right conditions to support life in its distant ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) currently recognizes five dwarf planets in our solar system, though there are likely many more. The most famous of the bunch is Pluto, way out beyond the ...

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