New NASA images reveal the bright craters on dwarf planet Ceres in stunning detail. The pictures from NASA’s Dawn mission were taken 240 miles from the planet’s surface offering an incredible view of ...

Another dwarf planet is stealing some of Pluto's thunder. New images of Ceres were beamed back by NASA's Dawn spacecraft; they are stirring up more questions than answers. The images show some bright ...

The spacecraft is set to enter the dwarf planet's orbit on March 6. NASA's Dawn spacecraft is making its final approach for a rendezvous with Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, sending ...

NASA's Dawn probe will continue studying Ceres until June. — -- A new NASA animation is taking viewers on a simulated flight over dwarf planet Ceres showing off the surface features of the icy ...

A color-enhanced view of Ceres, the nearest dwarf planet to Earth, high­lights its Oc­ca­tor crater. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA Pluto is the most famous dwarf planet, due in ...

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NASA's Dawn probe is snapping stunning new views of the dwarf planet Ceres as the spacecraft pushes ever higher above the small world. In one image, Ceres' huge Occator Crater shows its central bright ...

This is the time of year that ancient Greeks gave thanks to the goddess Ceres for bringing forth a bountiful harvest. Modern planetary scientists give thanks to a different Ceres — not a goddess, but ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. For this new mission extension, Dawn’s flight team is looking into ways to bring the probe into a new ...

The Dawn probe, which has been orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres, won’t be visiting another object in the asteroid belt, as the engineering team had hoped. Instead, the spacecraft will remain at Ceres, ...