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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. New research suggests that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a ...

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 ...

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — When Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi first spotted Ceres in 1801, he couldn’t have imagined that this distant object would still be puzzling scientists over 220 years later. Fresh ...

Tucked between Mars and Jupiter lies the asteroid belt, a region that, for decades, has appeared to be nothing more than a pile of rocky debris. Among the mysteries of space, one object has always ...

Dwarf planet Ceres exhibits apparent stationary motion at 9 P.M. EDT, but optimal observation requires morning viewing. At approximately 4 A.M. local daylight time, Ceres reaches an altitude of over ...

By Denise Lineberry NASA's Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS), a part of the NASA's three satellite Earth Radiation Budget ...

"The significance of this discovery lies in the fact that it would confirm the existence of internal energy sources that could support biological processes." When you purchase through links on our ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Using data from NASA's now-defunct Dawn spacecraft, scientists have discovered that the dwarf ...