stackyFACTSIt's literally just a giant rock floating in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, but Ceres is hiding a ridiculous secret. Scientists estimate that this single chunk of space debris contains more freshwater locked up in its icy mantle than all the combined freshwater lakes and rivers on Earth. We just need a really big straw.
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