NASA tweeted new photos of Ceres [1], and the strange bright spot on the dwarf planet has us like WHAT IS HAPPENING DO ALIENS EXIST. But don't call Mulder and Scully just yet. According to NASA [2], this bright area, located in the "mysterious" Occator crater (NASA's official description!), is just sodium carbonate . . . so, you know, salt.
Just in: Bright spot on dwarf planet #Ceres [3] is... sodium carbonate, a salt found on Earth: https://t.co/qHdgIxx1ey [4] pic.twitter.com/tiKQobIcJI [5]
— NASA (@NASA) June 29, 2016 [6]
But people aren't buying the official explanation because, aliens, obviously.
@cosmorade [7] @NASA [8] True ,there is a Alien Metropolis on that planet.
— Clorox Energy Drink (@Real_KingVenom) June 29, 2016 [9]
Then there's always the Star Wars explanation.
@NASA [10] how many smugglers are frozen in that carbonate?
— Some kinda rando (@ParSpec) June 29, 2016 [11]
We have to admit, it's got us intrigued! See a very cool close-up enhanced shot [12] of the spot below:
