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

Scientists have been unable to determine whether the dwarf planet’s organics were produced by its own chemical processes or ...

Bright yellow deposits in Consus Crater provide new evidence of Ceres' cryovolcanic history, reigniting the debate over ...

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to solar system dwarf planet Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt.

Studies suggest that Ceres may have a subsurface ocean, with evidence of material sourced from a deep liquid brine layer that has influenced its surface features in recent geological time[^1].

The organic material found in a few areas on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is probably of exogenic origin. Impacting asteroids from the outer asteroid belt may have brought it with them.

Above all: “They do not show typical features of cryovolcanism ... were also formed in Ceres' underground ocean and may even have reached the surface. “However, the organic deposits ...

Research suggests that multiple ice volcanoes once dotted Ceres' surface. | Credit ... By cross-referencing spectral data with geological features, AI helped the team confirm that organic ...