As this asteroid is relatively close to the sun at 380 ... then the southernmost observatory in Europe – that Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres. Before this ...

On this date, Jan. 1, 1801, Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the asteroid/dwarf planet Ceres orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Ceres has been the focus ...

The research concluded that the aliphatics could not withstand prolonged exposure to deep space radiation, suggesting their relatively recent formation in Ceres's underground ocean. The team ...

The images hail from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which orbits the dwarf planet Ceres in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. The space agency said they're among the most detailed views yet of ...