There is currently a 4.3% chance that the giant space rock 2024 YR4 will hit the moon in seven years. If this does happen, ...

Astronomers have long been intrigued by the makeup of the asteroid belt’s largest body. When it was first spotted in 1801, Ceres appeared dry and rocky, its surface marked by craters and dents.

Although the moon and the asteroid Vesta are very different, two NASA studies use the same technique to reveal new details about the interiors of both.

Park’s team has applied the same gravity-based technique to other celestial bodies, including the asteroid Vesta, as previously reported by The Debrief. “Our technique is sensitive to any changes in ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi first spotted Ceres in 1801, he couldn’t have imagined that this distant object would still be puzzling scientists over 220 years later.Fresh ...

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.

This model of the solar system, ... Jupiter tugged on it with its gravity, and Ceres ended up right there, in the asteroid belt, where we find it today. NARRATOR: ...

Discoveries at Purdue University and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Lab suggest Ceres, previously thought to be a dry asteroid, might actually be composed of 90% ice, reshaping our understanding of its ...

Initially classified as a planet, Ceres was later redefined as an asteroid and, more recently, a dwarf planet due to its spherical shape. With a diameter of approximately 950 kilometers, Ceres has ...

Since the first sighting of the first-discovered and largest asteroid in our solar system was made in 1801 by Giuseppe Piazzi, astronomers and planetary scientists have pondered the make-up of ...

Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, has long intrigued scientists. ... Using data from Dawn, Pamerleau and Sori’s team were able to model the structure of Ceres’ crust.