See photos and images of Ceres, a dwarf planet and the largest asteroid in the solar system yet known. Ceres is round and may contain more fresh water than the entire Earth.

STARDATE 5/1/2014: Ceres is the solar system's largest asteroid — a big ball of rock and ice about 600 miles wide, orbiting the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. But astronomers ...

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.

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 ...

But first a bit of history: Ceres was the first asteroid to be discovered, by Giuseppe Piazzi on the first night of the 19th century, Jan. 1, 1801.

Ceres in Taurus Dates: May 8 to August 1, 2020. Discovered in 1801 and having initially been deemed a planet by astronomers, Ceres is the largest body in the asteroid belt that lies between Mars ...

The arrival of NASA’s Dawn mission at the huge asteroid “1 Ceres” in early 2015 has turned out to have been well worth waiting for. This dwarf planet is the largest body in the asteroid belt ...

This article was originally published on The Conversation. Read the original article. The arrival of NASA's Dawn mission at the huge asteroid "1 Ceres" in early 2015 has turned out to have been ...

Observations of 1 Ceres, the largest known asteroid, have revealedthat the object may be a "mini planet," and may contain large amountsof pure water ice beneath its surface.

The largest known asteroid could contain more fresh water thanEarth and looks like our planet in other ways, according to a new study thatfurther blurs the line between planets and large space rocks.

Ceres was the first asteroid to be discovered, by Giuseppe Piazzi on the first night of the nineteenth century, Jan. 1, 1801.