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Icy Dwarf Planet Ceres May Have a Warm Heart

Posted in Science on 8th Aug, 2016
by Alex Muller

Shedding light on the structure of Ceres might, in turn, yield insight into how it and other asteroids and dwarf planets evolved over time.

Dawn maps Ceres craters where ice can accumulate

Posted in Science on 10th Jul, 2016
by Alex Muller

Scientists with NASA's Dawn mission have identified permanently shadowed regions on the dwarf planet Ceres where ice deposits could exist now.

MESSENGER Finds New Evidence for Water Ice at Mercury's Poles

Posted in Science on 27th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

New observations provide compelling support for the hypothesis that Mercury harbors water ice and other frozen volatile materials in its permanently shadowed polar craters.

Pluto could have liquid sub-surface ocean

Posted in Science on 22nd Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

New Horizons it revealed that the dwarf planet might have a liquid ocean sloshing around under its icy crust. According to a new analysis such an ocean likely still exists today.

Ice exoplanets and moons can have habital deep oceans

Posted in Science on 17th Jun, 2016
by Alex Muller

Water-rich planets are obvious candidates for finding life and have attracted increasing attention in recent years.