Crater 'Cold Traps' May Hide Ice On Dwarf Planet Ceres

On the surface of the dwarf planet Ceres, certain regions could be cold enough to host long-lasting deposits of water ice, a rarely seen phenomenon on objects similar to Ceres, a new study shows. Investigators using data from NASA's Dawn mission — which has been orbiting Ceres since March 2015 — identified dozens of zones in the dwarf planet's northern hemisphere that could host water ice for a billion years, according to a statement from NASA. If ice is found in these