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And Ceres is a dwarf planet and at one time it likely had some unique energy requirements to spark life in its oceans. And Ceres is in the asteroid belt and it's the largest object there. It's about 600 miles, 950 kilometers across and about a quarter of the value of the moon. And in fact there's about five dwarf planets officially recognized and there's a lot more out there that are waiting to be positively identified. Those others are not in the main asteroid belt. They're outside the orbit of Neptune. But Ceres is the closest one to us. Between 2014 and 18 the Dawn mission indicated that Ceres is likely a water world and traces of water are salt and minerals in general. There's a huge reservoir of brine that exists just below the surface. And from this there's some further studies that organic carbon could also be there. And this is an essential material for life on Earth. You couldn't have a life here without carbon. And the new study, August 20th, there's a new study coming out August 20th in the Journal of Science and Analysis. It revealed that Ceres may have had the ability to take star glides.