Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought.
New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, harbored the right conditions to support extraterrestrial life.
A study published in Science Advances confirmed a chemical energy source on Ceres.
While scientists don’t know if life ever actually emerged on the dwarf planet, they are now confident that it once harbored the right conditions to support it.
The icy dwarf planet is now a frozen, salty wasteland, but scientists say it likely had a long-lasting internal heat source and the crucial chemical “fuel” that life would have needed to survive.
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