Ceres' Potential Organic Reserves

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Dwarf planet Ceres could be rich in organics, defunct spacecraft data reveals

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Researchers from Spain 's Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía used Dawn data to identify 11 more regions on Ceres rich in organic material.

Ceres may have enough internal water, organic molecules, and the energy source needed for life to exist on the dwarf planet.

Ceres is the second wettest body in the solar system after Earth .

The team's results were published in the Planetary Science Journal . Robert Lea is a science journalist in the U.K. whose articles have been published in Physics World , New Scientist , Astronomy Magazine , All About Space, Newsweek and ZME Science . He also writes about science communication for Elsevier and the European Journal of Physics . Rob holds a bachelor of science degree in physics and astronomy from the U.K.’s Open University . Follow him on Twitter @sciencef1rst..