Researchers used data from NASA's Dawn mission to uncover new evidence of internal organic material reservoirs on Ceres, the ...

In 2017, the Dawn spacecraft detected organic compounds near the Ernutet crater in Ceres' northern hemisphere, sparking ...

Unlike bright comets, which shed gas and dust as they approach the Sun, dark comets may harbor volatile materials beneath ...

New research on Ceres reveals hidden organic materials, suggesting subsurface reservoirs and internal energy sources.

NASA researchers have identified seven new 'dark comets,' celestial objects resembling asteroids but exhibiting comet-like ...

We know that because spacecraft observing comets from afar helped us discover that they are primarily made of ice, but are also sprinkled with organic compounds - the building blocks of life as we ...

Comets and meteors have been raining debris ... Early Earth was hostile to the origin of life and not at all rich in organic compounds. So how did these compounds become so abundant?