Mar 08 2009
Could Life on Earth Have Come From Ceres?
An artist's illustration of NASA's Dawn spacecraft, which is en route to the asteroid Vesta (left) and dwarf planet Ceres (right). Credit: William K. HArtmann/UCLA.
Scientists theorize life on Earth could have come from the dwarf planet Ceres. The distant world Ceres, the smallest known dwarf planet in the solar system, lies within the asteroid belt. It was called a planet after its discovery in 1801, then later downgraded to asteroid status. With the latest planet definition from the International Astronomical Union, the round object is now considered a dwarf planet. Is there a chance that this exotic world is home to extraterrestrial organisms?
Source: Nasa Science – click here for full article
