Using AI to comb through data gathered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, scientists have conducted a detailed scan of the dwarf planet Ceres to map regions rich in organic molecules to determine whether ...

When I was a kid, there were nine planets. Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only eight planets ... the so-called dwarf planets, in ...

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.

Sep. 12, 2022 — Strange diamonds from an ancient dwarf planet in our solar system may have formed shortly after the dwarf planet collided with a large asteroid about 4.5 billion years ago ...

As the gatekeepers to the Kuiper Belt, Charon and Pluto are a unique double dwarf planet system ... Christy had been imaging Pluto with the USNO's 1.5-meter (4.9-foot) telescope.

Surface of dwarf planet Ceres. The sites of organic material are shown as or in red boxes. The vast majority of sites are found near the Ernutet crater in the northern hemisphere. Credit ...

For the current study (AGU Advances, "Ceres: Organic-Rich Sites of Exogenic Origin?"), the researchers looked for previously unknown deposits of organic material on dwarf planet Ceres. With its ...

This mysterious ninth planet could be found within the next ‘two years’, one expert said (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto) We’re closer than ever before to knowing whether there is a ninth ...

Here's everything you need to know about the stunning parade of planets lighting up the night sky this winter. A six-pack of planets will line up and light up the night sky this month, folks.

Timing: Dusk after sunset, but before 9 p.m. local time There are eight planets in our solar system and one dwarf planet (Pluto). Because we live on Earth ... mag -1.3 Jupiter: mag -2.6 Uranus: mag ...

The organic material on the dwarf planet Ceres is probably of extra-Ceresian origin: a recent study concludes that asteroids from the outer asteroid belt that crashed into the dwarf planet brought ...

Timing: Dusk after sunset, but before 9 p.m. local time There are eight planets in our solar system and one dwarf planet (Pluto ... mag -2.6 Uranus: mag 5.7 (need telescope most likely) Neptune ...