Ceres

Half-full view of Ceres from the Dawn spacecraft highlighting the crater Occitor

Ceres may be an invader from the outer solar system

It’s the largest world in the asteroid belt, but it may not have been born there.

By Phil Plait 1 month ago

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Counting boulders on tiny worlds tells us how ancient and fragile they are

By Phil Plait 9 months ago

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Forget Mars! This scientist is pitching megasatellite habitats around Ceres

By Jeff Spry 1 year ago

Ahuna Mons

Ahuna Mons: A muddy, icy volcano on Ceres

By Phil Plait 2 years ago

A wide view of the 163-kilometer crater Urvara on Ceres.

Rolling stones tour Ceres

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

Occator crater, a 92-kilometer-wide impact feature on Ceres, is covered in mineral deposits dredged up from the interior. Cerealia Facula is arrowed (left) as well as Vinalia Faculae (right). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/PSI / Phil Plait

Dawn is now barnstorming Ceres and seeing wonders

By Phil Plait 3 years ago

Artwork depicting the Dawn spacecraft approaching Ceres. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Ceres harvests a series of names

By Phil Plait 4 years ago

Does Ceres still have currently active (erupting!) cryovolcanoes?

By Phil Plait 5 years ago