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10 Aug 2020

Dwarf planet Ceres is 'ocean world' with salty water deep underground

Ceres is an "ocean world" with a big reservoir of salty water under its frigid surface, scientists said in findings that raise interest in this dwarf planet as a possible outpost for life. Ceres is the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Research published on Monday based on data obtained by NASA`s Dawn spacecraft provides a new understanding of Ceres.

30 Aug 2019

Pluto is a planet, declares NASA administrator: The old debate is back

NASA and International Astronomical Union's official stand state Pluto is a dwarf planet.

19 Feb 2018

Six-year-old girl urges NASA to 'make Pluto a planet again'

In a letter to the space agency, Cara O'Connor has asked NASA to 'fix this problem' for her and 'make Pluto a planet again.'

28 Dec 2017

Ceres mountain celebrates Kwanzaa festival

Scientists believe that Kwanzaa Tholus may have once been as prominent as Ahuna Mons, the tallest and most noticeable mountain on Ceres.

13 Dec 2017

Ceres an active, evolving world. Not dead as previously thought: NASA

The researchers presented the latest results about the bright areas at the American Geophysical Union meeting in New Orleans on Tuesday.

27 Sep 2017

New Horizons: Origins of Pluto's giant blades of ice decoded

They are one of the most puzzling feature types on Pluto, and it now appears the blades are related to Pluto’s complex climate and geological history.

15 Jul 2017

Want to see how flying over Pluto's icy mountains and plains would look like? Let NASA show you! - Watch

In July 2015, NASA received the first close-up pictures of Pluto and its moons captured by New Horizons – amazing imagery that inspired many to wonder what a flight over the distant worlds’ icy terrain might be like.

19 May 2017

NASA's Hubble triumphs again, discovers moon orbiting solar system's third-largest dwarf planet!

The team uncovered the moon in archival images of 2007 OR10 taken by the Hubble Telescope.

20 Feb 2017

NASA's Dawn spacecraft finds evidence of organic material on Ceres

The organics discovery was made by the visible and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIR) onboard the Dawn spacecraft in and around a northern-hemisphere crater called Ernutet.

16 Dec 2016

Ice is everywhere on Ceres, reveals NASA's Dawn spacecraft (Watch)

Newly published studies from Dawn scientists show two distinct lines of evidence for ice at or near the surface of the dwarf planet.

20 Sep 2016

Where did Pluto get its 'icy heart' from? Puzzle solved!

Now, scientists have managed to uncover the origin of the large heart-shaped nitrogen glacier on Pluto!

04 Aug 2016

Thanks to Dawn, NASA now has access to the interiors of Ceres!

As per NASA, Ceres has a special property called "hydrostatic equilibrium," which was confirmed in this study.

09 Jul 2016

NASA's Dawn found ice-friendly craters mapped on dwarf planet 'Ceres'

The US space agency NASA's Dawn has identified ice-friendly craters mapped on the dwarf planet Ceres.

05 May 2016

Pluto’s interaction with solar wind is unique: Study

A new study has revealed that the dwarf planet Pluto's interaction with the solar wind is unique.

01 May 2016

See pic: NASA releases updated global map of Pluto!

It is all courtesy New Horizons, that NASA is able to provide viewers with amazing discoveries.

27 Apr 2016

Watch: NASA's Hubble discovers Moon orbiting dwarf planet Makemake

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has spotted a small, dark Moon orbiting the dwarf planet Makemake.

24 Mar 2016

NASA's Dawn reveals mysterious bright spots on Ceres – Watch!

Occator Crater, measuring 57 miles across and 2.5 miles deep, contains the brightest area on Ceres.

Dawn spacecraft

16 Mar 2016

Here is the latest image sent by Dawn from Ceres – See pic!

Dawn spacecraft has sent an image that shows cratered terrain in the northern hemisphere of Ceres.

11 Mar 2016

New Horizons scientists find giant 'bite mark' on Pluto's surface!

Scientists discovered what looks like a giant 'bite mark' on the Pluto's surface.

26 Feb 2016

See pic: NASA's New Horizons captures image of Pluto's North Pole!

In another image beamed back to NASA, New Horizons gives us another proof of Pluto's diversity in terms of its geological and compositional features, this time in an enhanced color image of the north polar area.

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