According to Mike Sori, “We think that there's lots of water-ice near Ceres surface, and that it gets gradually less icy as you go deeper and deeper." He explained that earlier theories ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that the dwarf planet Ceres, long believed to be a rocky object with minimal ice, was once an ancient water world. According to a study published in Nature ...

New research underscores the physics of potential oceans on moons like Europa and Enceladus where aliens could hide ...

Surface water ice has also been found on other Solar System bodies, such as at the north pole of the planet Mercury and on the dwarf planet Ceres. Follow Paul on Twitter.

If a future spacecraft can confirm that they are organic, then it would virtually confirm that Ceres is producing these ...

The results hint that Ceres may have enough internal water, organic molecules, and the energy source needed for life to exist on the dwarf planet. Of course, that alone doesn't suggest the dwarf ...

It is assumed that only a very small percentage of water ice has remained, which is why planetary researchers describe Vesta ... observatory in Europe – that Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi ...

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 ...