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'it has been theorised for a long time that the dwarf planet ceres may be harbouring a lot of water. with the promise of water comes the hope that life may be present on this little world orbiting the sun in the asteroid belt. you may be forgiven in thinking that the search for life in the solar system has gone a little crazy, after all, we haven't found life anywhere else apart from our own planet. however, if we do discover life on other planetary bodies apart from earth, perhaps the panspermia hypothesis is more than just an academic curiosity. so why is ceres suddenly so interesting? firstly, it probably has water. secondly, the ex-asteroid is so small that fragments of ceres could have been kicked into space by meteorite impacts more readily than other larger planetary bodies, making it a prime candidate for seeding life on earth…'
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