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By Layal Liverpool Occator is a large, bright crater on the surface of CeresNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA The discovery of salt bound to water molecules on Ceres, the largest asteroid in the solar system, suggests that there may be an ocean lurking beneath its Occator crater. “I’m extremely excited to find some evidence of liquid water, together with…

By Leah Crane An illustration of the proposed Planet NineScience Photo Library/Alamy Things aren’t looking so good for Planet Nine. Astronomers have been seeking signs of a purported giant planet in the outer reaches of our solar system since 2014, but new observations hint that it may not actually be there. In 2014, astronomers noticed…