Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

In December 2024, astronomers detected a new asteroid, named 2024 YR4, which has since captured the attention of space ...

It’s neither fast nor food, but a spectacular object called HH 30 looks appetizing for astronomers in a new image from the ...

The four planet-strong "planet parade" currently visible to the naked eye in the night sky for a short time after sunset will ...

Scientists say the threat of a newly discovered asteroid has risen slightly in the past few weeks as the world's telescopes ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

We’ll also get a chance to see a handful of comets, like C/2022 E2 (ATLAS) in the constellation Cassiopeia and Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann, which orbits between Jupiter and Neptune.

Among them, for example, was a proposal that would have included Ceres, the largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, as a planet. It’s smaller than what most people ...

Ceres boasts a fascinating history. Located in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, it was once classified as an asteroid. However, its size (Ceres makes up 25% of the asteroid belt's total ...

Mars sets the next morning at 4:47 p.m. Rather than being above Pollux in the sky, it will seem to be closer to the horizon as the sky is "upside down" in the Southern Hemisphere. Jupiter ...

Credit: MPS Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may have received organic material from space, according to new research. Scientists believe asteroids from the ...