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This nearby dwarf planet's ice may be left over from a dirty ocean

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New research from Purdue University and NASA 's Jet Propulsion Laboratory is helping to confirm it was once drenched in flowing water.

For years , Ceres confounded experts with its cratered surface, which seemed too deep and rigid to exist on a retired water world.

Scientists now think that may not be a contradiction after all, if they account for a key ingredient: mud — and maybe lots of it.