Dwarf planet Ceres is depicted in these enhanced-color renderings, which utilize images from NASA’s Dawn mission. New thermal and chemical models that rely on the mission’s data indicate Ceres may ...
Deep beneath its icy crust, Ceres could hide a briny ocean, chemical building blocks, and even traces of past activity. A return mission may unlock secrets that could rewrite what we know about ...
At first glance, the dwarf planet Ceres hardly inspires dreams of alien life. Orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the asteroid belt, it is a frigid, gray world, battered and cracked. Its surface ...