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Ceres, The Largest Body In The Asteroid Belt, Might Hold Clues To Life, New Research Suggests
R ecent studies suggest that Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, may harbor the building blocks of life beneath its surface. Scientists have discovered ...
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The history of the young cold traps of the asteroid Ceres
Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system ... First, the axis tilt of Ceres, currently 4 degrees, is higher than the moon's 1.5 degree tilt, so more of the crater rims are sunlit and ...
Remember that asteroid that isn't going to hit Earth? We could send a mission to explore it
YR4, which orbits the sun every four years and periodically crosses Earth's orbit. The nature of its orbit makes it a ...
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'Salt Water': Evidence of habitability discovered on Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt
The research concluded that the aliphatics could not withstand prolonged exposure to deep space radiation, suggesting their relatively recent formation in Ceres's underground ocean. The team ...