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By Paul Sutter Published
Ceres is the most dominant member of the asteroid belt but it doesn't look like the other asteroids.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
The finding comes from a fresh analysis of old data from NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which finished its mission in 2018.

By Charles Q. Choi Published
'Oumuamua, the first known visitor from interstellar space, was likely a pancake-shaped chip off a Pluto-like world.
By Meghan Bartels Published
For a few months in 2018, as NASA's Dawn spacecraft used up its last drops of fuel, it gave scientists an incredibly detailed look at one of the strangest places in the solar system: Occator Crater.

By Meghan Bartels Published
Two incredibly strange celestial objects whose discoveries trace, in part, to observatories at the summit of Maunakea now carry the peak with them in official names inspired by Hawaiian culture.

By Nola Taylor Tillman Published
The discovery of Eris led to Pluto's demotion to dwarf planet.

By Elizabeth Howell Published
Two NASA telescopes peered more closely than ever before at a planet shedding gas into space.

By Charles Q. Choi Published
Ceres, the closest dwarf planet to Earth, may be wrinkling as it shrinks.
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