Asteroids, also known as minor planets, differ greatly in shape and size. Those with which we are more familiar are in almost all cases crater-strewn irregularly shaped bodies that can even have tiny ...

China's CERES-1 commercial rocket put eight satellites into the 535-kilometer sun-synchronous orbit on Monday.

Ceres boasts a fascinating history. Located in the asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars, it was once classified as an asteroid. However, its size (Ceres makes up 25% of the asteroid belt's total ...

JIUQUAN, March 17 (Xinhua) -- China on Monday launched a CERES-1 carrier rocket, placing eight satellites into space. The rocket blasted off at 4:07 p.m. (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite ...