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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months ago

Data from NASA's Dawn reveals chemical energy source on Ceres - NASASpaceFlight.com

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Data from NASA's Dawn reveals chemical energy source on Ceres - NASASpaceFlight.com

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threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to Space@mander.xyzEnglish · 6 months ago
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Using data from NASA’s now-retired Dawn spacecraft, scientists have found that Ceres, a dwarf planet…
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    may have once had a lasting source of chemical energy

    Not currently active, something from a warmer time in Ceres’ past.

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      I can hear this.

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    Does this mean with a large enough heat source (like maybe a nuclear reactor) we could melt the ice and have liquid water on the surface?

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