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Building blocks of life found on Ceres

17 Feb 2017
Approximate true-colour image of the dwarf-planet Ceres taken by NASA spacecraft Dawn
Ceres' mystery: it is unclear how organic compounds might have formed. (Courtesy: NASA/JPL–Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA)
Organic compounds have been discovered on the surface of the dwarf-planet Ceres. The Visual and Infr

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