Ceres News

Opinion

Move over Pluto. The Farout planet is here

The Farout planet, about 120-130 astronomical units from the sun, is 500km in diameterputting it in the category of dwarf planets as Pluto and Ceres

1 min read24 Dec 2018
Market

Cerestra to raise $300 million edu-infra fund

Cerestra also plans to launch an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) sometime soon, said managing director Jasmeet Chhabra

2 min read18 May 2018
Science

Solar System’s dwarf planet Ceres had a liquid ocean, says Nasa

Ceres's crust is a mixture of ice, salts and hydrated materials that were subjected to geologic activity, and this crust represents most of that ocean, says Nasa

1 min read27 Oct 2017
Science

Nasa extends Dawn mission at dwarf planet Ceres

Nasa has approved a 2nd extension of the Dawn mission at Ceres, allowing the spacecraft to get a closer look at the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter

1 min read20 Oct 2017
Science

Climate change may cause more rainfall in tropical areas: NASA

A new NASA study has warned the amount of rainfall in the Earth's tropical regions will significantly increase as our planet continues to warm

2 min read11 Jun 2017
Science

Nasa study says dwarf planet Ceres is flush with ice

Nasa studies show that Ceres is about 10% water, now frozen into ice; the finding strengthens the case for the presence of ice on other bodies in main asteroid belt

1 min read17 Dec 2016
Companies

Deals Buzz: KKR may extend Rs500 crore fund to Radiant Life Care

In other news, Cerestra Advisors plans to launch InvIT and offshore edu-infra fund; Vodafone India may delay IPO filing until towards end of 2016

4 min read26 Aug 2016
Companies

Cerestra Advisors plans to launch InvIT and offshore edu-infra fund

Categorized as a domestic alternate investment fund, it aims to buy out income-generating chains of schools and colleges across cities

3 min read26 Aug 2016
Science

Nasa’s Dawn probe shows large craters missing from Ceres

Nasa's Dawn probe shows that Ceres has only 16 craters larger than 100km, and none larger than 280km across

2 min read27 Jul 2016
News

Nasa seeks layman help to solve Ceres’s mysteries

Many features of Ceres have left researchers scratching their heads including a 4 mile high protrusion they have dubbed 'Lonely Mountain'

1 min read1 Oct 2015
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