Dwarf planet Ceres is 'ocean world' with salty water deep underground
The findings confirm the presence of a subsurface reservoir of brine – salt-enriched water – remnants of a vast subsurface ocean that has been gradually freezing.
A mosaic of Occator Crater on the dwarf planet Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, is composed of images NASA's Dawn mission captured on its second extended mission in 2018, with bright pits and mounds (foreground) formed by salty liquid released as Occator's wat(photo credit: NASA/JPL-CALTECH/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA/USRA/LPI/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)ByREUTERS
