Ceres: An ocean world in the asteroid belt | Astronomy.com
Ceres: An ocean world in the asteroid beltLiquid water, once thought unique to Earth, may be common on icy worlds throughout the solar system. By Eric Betz | Published: Monday, August 10, 2020NASA scientists say that Ceres, a dwarf planet in the Asteroid Belt, is still holding onto pockets of a subsurface, liquid water ocean. NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDARemnants of an ancient water ocean are buried beneath the icy crust of dwarf planet Ceres — or...