Scientists have long debated the origin of the organic material found on Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt.

Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

"A fragment of an asteroid may have collided with Ceres about 6,000 years ago, which created a temporary water atmosphere. Once a water atmosphere is generated, ice would condense in the cold ...

Until now, researchers had assumed that the hydrocarbon compounds were formed in the interior of Ceres and brought to the surface by the ice volcanoes. The MPS team used AI to examine the entire ...

It is assumed that only a very small percentage of water ice has remained, which is why planetary researchers ... that Italian astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered the dwarf planet Ceres. Before this ...

Ceres may hold more water than Earth, with a crust of mixed ice, dust, and rock that has preserved its rugged surface for billions of years, researchers suggest. Studies reveal that Ceres was once ...

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 ...