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How to watch Ceres, a dwarf planet 14 times smaller than Pluto, photobomb a spiral galaxy this...
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoA preview of the dwarf planet Ceres "meeting" spiral galaxy Messier 100 in the night sky This...
Spot dwarf planet Ceres during the new moon tonight
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCeres will be at opposition on March 21, 2023, though you'll still need a telescope to see the dwarf planet. As the moon reaches its new phase on Tuesday...
Astronomers spy new class of dark, water-rich asteroids like dwarf planet Ceres
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThis image of the dwarf planet Ceres, taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft in 2015, approximates how the...
Radioactivity powers volcanoes of salty ice on Ceres
SYFY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCeres is the largest object in the asteroid belt, the wide expanse between Mars and Jupiter littered with debris left over from the solar system’s...
See dwarf planet Haumea at its closest to Earth in 285 years tonight
Space via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAn illustration of dwarf planet Haumea, its two moons and a narrow ring of rocky particles. If...
Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System
Gizmodo via Yahoo News· 1 month agoThe Sun is orbited by eight planets, at least five dwarf planets, tens of thousands of asteroids,...
August skies bring Saturn, Perseid, ISS flybys and Pluto Demotion Day
Cincinnati.com | The Enquirer via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhat’s that star next to the Moon? Chances are it’s a planet. Especially if you stargaze on August...
Fomalhaut's hidden debris rings revealed in amazing detail by JWST
The Weather Network via Yahoo News· 1 year agoNew observations from the James Webb Space Telescope have revealed previously unseen details of the...
4 of Uranus' biggest moons have secret, underground oceans, new study suggests
Live Science via Yahoo News· 1 year agoUranus, the 7th planet from the sun, appears as a shiny blue ball surrounded by white rings in this...
What to See in the Night Sky for March 2023
Treehugger via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe equinox, an evening dance of planets, and a historic potential rocket launch are a few of the month's wonders. And just like that: it’s already the...