Astronomers think that a dwarf planet hiding in the middle of our solar system could be a source of frozen water. The dwarf ...

Ceres, a dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt, still harbors many secrets. Recent discoveries could reshape our understanding of this mysterious celestial object. Computer simulations suggest ...

A dwarf planet hiding right in the middle of our solar system could be a surprising source of frozen water, astronomers reveal. A new study finds that Ceres, which sits in the asteroid belt between ...

In December 2003, the Hubble Telescope spotted something peculiar on the surface of Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Hazy images revealed something bright and ...

Tiny grains from a distant asteroid are revealing clues to the magnetic forces that shaped the far reaches of the solar ...

Famously, Pluto no longer met the criteria and was demoted to a dwarf planet. Things have been ... the largest object in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Initially, both Uranus ...

The asteroid belt is home to a dizzying array of rocks, boulders and even dwarf planets, each revealing something unique about the solar system (SN: 8/3/16). “Maybe we’re only just seeing a ...

The team has posted a paper describing their study of the asteroid on the arXiv preprint server. Trojan asteroids follow roughly the same path around the sun as a nearby planet—in this case ...

Brilliant Jupiter rises at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 1 and by twilight on Nov. 30. It can be found in the constellation Taurus at ...

Dark matter makes up 85% of the stuff in the cosmos, but scientists have no idea what it is. Can you solve the case?

Located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ... as well as the gravitational tug of Jupiter on one side and the inner planets on the other. Because of this gravitational tug-of-war ...