New computer simulations show how a now-frozen ocean of water mixed with dirt and rock could explain geological features on ...
Pluto is the most famous dwarf planet, due in part to its very public demotion from ninth planet of the solar system two ...
As much as over 90 percent of the dwarf planet's crust could be water ice, giving some insight, the researchers believe, into ...
Recent studies suggest that the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may have once contained a muddy ocean beneath its surface. This new understanding ...
A hidden ocean on dwarf planet Ceres may have churned up some of the ingredients for life relatively recently.
Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy world we see today? This is what a | Space ...
Analysis finds that the mini-world Ceres hosts a frozen ocean that is progressively filled with impurities farther from the ...
A new study reveals that the dwarf planet Ceres is much icier than previously thought, possibly harboring a subsurface ocean.
Astronomers comparing data taken by Dawn with models of Ceres on Earth determined that organics on its surface came from ...
A new study, published in Nature Astronomy, suggests that Ceres is far icier than once thought and may have once been a muddy ...