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Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres. Plumes of water vapor are thought to shoot up periodically from Ceres when portions of its icy surface warm slightly. Ceres is classified as a dwarf planet, a solar system body bigger than an asteroid and smaller than a planet.
Scientists using the Herschel space observatory have made the first definitive detection of water vapor on the largest and roundest object in the asteroid belt, Ceres.
Plumes of water vapor are thought to shoot up periodically from Ceres when portions of its icy surface warm slightly. Ceres is classified as a dwarf planet, a solar system body bigger than an asteroid and smaller than a planet.
Herschel is a European Space Agency (ESA) mission with important NASA contributions.
More information about Herschel is online at: www.esa.int... More information about NASA's role in Herschel is available at: www.nasa.gov... For more information about NASA's Dawn mission, visit: www.nasa.gov...
boymonkey74
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
Wheres the fun in that? I want to be a space trucking planetoid puller
rickymouse
Sulu, lock the tractor beams on that rock. Scotty lets get moving, warp one. What is the status of the rock Spock. We'll haul it back to earth and drop it on Obama.
boymonkey74
reply to post by bigfatfurrytexan
Don't get cocky kid.
Sure you can I bet it would be more like spaceballs though
bitsforbytes
reply to post by Maxmars
With my telescope I can see water right here on earth. And it is fresh too! Guess what? It is way easier to get too also, and we have a natural system to filtrates it for free, all we have to do is stop getting in the way and working WITH it instead of having it obey us. Wow, can get a nobel prize for that now can we.
We have so much water right here on earth don't need to go out looking for it. If all the science projects that go wrong here on earth can be stopped we wont need to go looking for it.
I feel like this justifies that we can continue polluting and acting like fools.