Dawn Mission Data Suggest Ceres May Have Hosted an Ancient Subsurface Ocean and Habitable Conditions

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Sam Courville and team say NASA’s Dawn data imply Ceres once had a long‑lasting subsurface ocean with liquid water and energy-bearing chemicals heated by radioactive decay, potentially supporting microbial life billions of years ago, similar to Earth’s hydrothermal vents.

NASA Reveals Evidence of Habitability on Ceres: What It Means for Life in the Solar System
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NASA Reveals Evidence of Habitability on Ceres: What It Means for Life in the Solar System

NASAs latest research reveals that Ceres may have once harbored the essential conditions—water, organic molecules, and chemical energy.