Is there life on Ceres? Dwarf planet spews water vapor into space

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - 13:30 in Astronomy & Space

Infrared readings from a space telescope confirm that water vapor is rising from the surface of Ceres, and that discovery is likely to heat up interest in a strange world that's the biggest asteroid as well as the smallest known dwarf planet.The find comes just in time.

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