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But new simulations have revealed that Ceres may contain about 90% ice beneath its surface. Also read New Earth-Like Planet Discovered Just 40 Light Years Away "We think that there’s lots of ...

Yet, this dwarf planet has some strange characteristics ... and the dwarf planet's surface or crust. This blanket of ammonium ...

For the first time, NASA scientists have found direct evidence of a mysterious form of icy volcanism on a former planet ... Ceres could have evolved," Ruesch said. "This mountain on the surface ...

NASA's Dawn spacecraft image of the limb of dwarf planet ... Ceres, an enigmatic rocky body inhabiting the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is rich with ice just beneath its dark ...

Scientists have found something strange under the Sierra Nevada mountains ... Earthquakes usually happen close to the surface, about 10 to 18 kilometres deep. But recently, researcher Deborah ...