Planet or not, Ceres rocks
25 March 2015
All eyes are on the space drama unfolding in the asteroid belt. It matters not a jot whether Ceres is a planet or a dwarf
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Dwarf planet Ceres might have right stuff for life
25 March 2015
NASA hopes Dawn mission can answer the big question: could life lurk in icy volcanoes on Ceres, the asteroid belt's biggest resident?
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19 March 2015
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Bright spots on Ceres could be water volcanoes
18 March 2015
Images taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft show that a mysterious bright spot on dwarf planet Ceres could be a plume of water spurting from a deep, icy crater
Race to find the first exomoon heats up
17 March 2015
Speedier ways to search for moons outside the solar system are good news for alien hunters: these would be some of the best places to look for life
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9 March 2015
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NASA's Dawn becomes first probe to orbit dwarf planet
6 March 2015
From its vantage point around one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, Dawn could unlock a time capsule from the formation of our solar system
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3 March 2015
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Dawn spacecraft set for first visit to a dwarf planet
3 March 2015
The asteroid-hopping spacecraft will arrive at Ceres on Friday, making it the first to visit a dwarf planet and the first to visit two different worlds
Dead star leaves behind Jupiter's Ghost
2 February 2015
Not every star ends with a bang. A beautiful post-mortem portrait reveals a cloud of gas surrounding a jewel-like white dwarf
