Tubers, maize and even eggplants are finally getting the astronomical recognition they deserve. Or at least that’s true for the deities that look after the crops and celebrations of their harvest.

Scientists have come up with a mind-bending explanation for the origin of a strange, streaked mountain on the dwarf planet Ceres, a 600-mile-wide body that orbits the sun in the asteroid belt between ...

One year ago, on March 6, 2015, NASA’s Dawn spacecraft slid gently into orbit around Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Since then, the spacecraft has delivered a ...

With or without 3D glasses, a newly released video tour of Ceres offers a new perspective on the dwarf planet's dramatic and diverse surface. The new Ceres video tour, which was compiled from images ...

Very small worlds can do very big things—providing you’re willing to grade on a curve. Take the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest body in the asteroid belt, which is currently being orbited by the Dawn ...

Colorful new maps of the dwarf planet Ceres reveal its dramatic mountains and deep craters, now with official new names. The new Ceres maps were created using data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which ...

Ever since we laid robotic eyes on the lone, giant mountain on Ceres, scientist have been obsessed with a single question: How did Ahuna Mons form? New models suggest the mountain is an icy volcano, ...

The tallest mountain on Ceres is a split-toned creature that would be at home in Alaska. Explore it, and the still-mysterious white spots in Occator Crater in the latest flyover animation of the dwarf ...

The giant asteroid Ceres is a pretty smooth object. Sure, it has craters, but they're fairly shallow. It has no deep rifts, tall ridges, or mountains to speak of. Mountains are the product of ...

NASA's Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres on Aug. 19, from a distance of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). The mountain, located in the dwarf planet's southern hemisphere, stands ...

On Tuesday, NASA released the most detailed pictures yet of the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object within the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The photos were taken by the Dawn space probe ...

NASA’s Dawn spacecraft spotted this tall, conical mountain on Ceres from a distance of 915 miles (1,470 kilometers). The mountain, located in the southern hemisphere, stands 4 miles (6 kilometers) ...