In a recent episode of SETI Live, Communications Specialist Beth Johnson spoke with Ian Pamerleau, lead author of a new study ...

The largest object in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is Ceres. It was the first asteroid discovered in 1801 and was originally deemed a planet.

The largest known asteroid could contain more fresh water thanEarth and looks like our planet in other ways, according to a new study thatfurther blurs the line between planets and large space ...

Ceres’s dampness stands in stark contrast to Vesta, a much drier asteroid visited by Dawn in 2011–12. On average, Ceres is more than 100 times richer in hydrogen than Vesta, Prettyman says.

Over the next few weeks, Ceres, the first asteroid discovered, passes in front of the bright Hyades star cluster, making it easy to find in a small telescope or pair of binoculars.

See photos and images of Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest asteroid in the solar system yet known. Ceres is round and may contain more fresh water than the entire Earth. NASA's Dawn spacecraft wil ...

The largest known asteroid could contain more fresh water than Earth and looks like our planet in other ways, according to a new study that further blurs the line between planets and large space ...

Ceres was the first asteroid discovered, and is roughly 605 miles (975 kilometers) wide, or as big across as Texas. This makes it the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter ...

“Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, and a dwarf planet. I think sometimes people think of small, lumpy things as asteroids (and most of them are!), but Ceres really looks more ...

Scientists analyzed images of Ceres, a rock 588 miles wide (Montana is 630 miles wide) and the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft.

If planetary scientist Bill McKinnon’s hunch is right, the largest asteroid in the solar system isn’t an asteroid at all. Ceres, as the 470-kilometer-wide object is called, may be a relative ...

Ceres’s dampness stands in stark contrast to Vesta, a much drier asteroid visited by Dawn in 2011–12. On average, Ceres is more than 100 times richer in hydrogen than Vesta, Prettyman says.