Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt pictured here in this NASA-produced false-color image, may be the source of organic matter found on two meteorites that crashed to Earth in 1998.

Consus crater is located in Ceres' southern hemisphere and has a diameter of almost 40 miles. It is not one of the largest impact craters on the dwarf planet. Images from Dawn's camera system show ...

Using AI to comb through data gathered by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, scientists have conducted a detailed scan of the dwarf planet Ceres to map regions rich in organic molecules to determine whether ...

For the first time, NASA scientists have found direct evidence of a mysterious form of icy volcanism on a former planet ... made from images taken by Dawn as it orbited Ceres, Ottaviano Ruesch ...