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 this ...

A hidden ocean on dwarf planet Ceres may have churned up some of the ingredients for life relatively recently. The largest object in our Solar System’s asteroid belt, dwarf planet Ceres, hides small ...

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) currently recognizes five dwarf planets in our solar system, though there are likely many more. The most famous of the bunch is Pluto, way out beyond the ...

The dwarf planet is a bizarre, cryovolcanic world. However, the organic deposits discovered on its surface so far are unlikely to originate from its interior. The organic material found in a few areas ...

HOUSTON—NASA’s long-running Dawn mission, now orbiting the large main belt asteroid Ceres, has revealed a welcome discovery for those seeking potential astrobiology or resources that could be ...

How do you build a planet, let alone one capable of sustaining and evolving life? The clues to the “recipe” can perhaps be found in the leftovers scattered around our solar system. Things like ...