There Are Salt Deposits on Ceres
Brine Deposits Are The Source of Ceres’ Bright Spots
“Bright spots seen by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft on the surface of dwarf planet Ceres are likely salt deposits, a paper published Dec. 9 in Nature says. Ceres has more than 130 bright areas, and most of them are associated with impact craters. Observations from Dawn’s Framing Camera suggest the occurrence of salts originating from Ceres’ interior. These salts are consistent with a type called magnesium sulfate.”
It’s getting kind of crazy out there…
It’s like we can’t seem to find a nice dry place which isn’t already contaminated with ice and salty water. How the heck are we supposed to mix a dry martini, in these kind of conditions. 🙂
Switch to Margaritas.
Muscles sore after a long day exploring the solar system? Just add some Ceres salts to your bath.
About time. Now I guess they will release the high resolution pictures that supposedly were under embargo until the article was published in Nature.
Brine means (at least some) water!
Magnesium sulfate is a fertilizer. Ceres could be the breadbasket of the solar system!