Dwarf planet Ceres boasts organic compounds, raising prospect of life
Thursday, February 16, 2017 - 14:51
in Astronomy & Space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A NASA spacecraft has detected carbon-based materials, similar to what may have been the building blocks for life on Earth, on the Texas-sized dwarf planet Ceres that orbits between Mars and Jupiter in the main asteroid belt, scientists said on Thursday.