The largest asteroid of the Solar System, (1) Ceres, has been thought to have an icy surface; here it is observed to be emitting water vapour. The presence of hydrated minerals on the surface of ...

Ceres’s dampness stands in stark contrast to Vesta, a much drier asteroid visited by Dawn in 2011–12. On average, Ceres is more than 100 times richer in hydrogen than Vesta, Prettyman says.

Snapshots of the asteroid 1 Ceres taken by the Hubble Space Telescope provide clues about the asteroid's interior make-up. The bright spot that appears in each image is a mystery.

Asteroid Ceres is a former ocean world that slowly formed into a giant, murky icy orb. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 09 / 240927173206.htm.

Observations of 1 Ceres, the largest known asteroid, have revealed that the object may be a "mini planet," and may contain large amounts of pure water ice beneath its surface. The observations by ...

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 ...

FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS McDONALD OBSERVATORY, AS HEARD ON KCBS RADIO WEEKDAYS @ 9:52 A.M., 7:35 P.M. & 2:52 A.M STARDATE 5/1/2014: Ceres is the solar system's largest asteroid — a big ball ...

Dwarf planet Ceres is an unusual “inhabitant” of the asteroid belt. With a diameter of around 960 kilometers, it is not only the largest body between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter; unlike its rather ...

There was a great deal of furor and fuss five years ago when the International Astronomical Union demoted Pluto from a planet to a dwarf planet, but nobody paid much attention to the fact that at ...

Snapshots of the asteroid 1 Ceres taken by the Hubble Space Telescope provide clues about the asteroid's interior make-up. The bright spot that appears in each image is a mystery.

If planetary scientist Bill McKinnon’s hunch is right, the largest asteroid in the solar system isn’t an asteroid at all. Ceres, as the 470-kilometer-wide object is called, may be a relative ...