Sunday, January 26, 2014

New Discovery

Just recently, this past week, there has been a shocking discovery that has been explored and exploited. Astronomers have in fact, recently found a place in our galaxy, that has potential signs of life existing and it is not any of one of our planets nor moons, but is classified as Ceres, our largest asteroid and smallest dwarf planet. Chief of Planetary Science states, "The vapor is steaming off Ceres at a rate so high that scientists believe it could contain more fresh water than Earth, backing up the theory that our planet's water was brought by asteroids.In the meantime, astronomers will have the chance to examine this revelation closer when NASA's Dawn spacecraft reaches this asteroid this forthcoming spring. 
http://www.newser.com/story/181165/vapor-rising-from-dwarf-planet-could-signal-life.html
This artist's rendering shows water plumes spewing from the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres.

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