NASA-supported scientists have developed a method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons, which will ...

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

A team of astronomers has uncovered an Earth-like planet orbiting a star located 4,000 light years away from the solar system ...

It is also the only moon to have its own magnetic field and causes auroras. Saturn's moon Enceladus is a ray of hope. There are hints that the subsurface saltwater ocean might be a potential ...

A 6-mile-think shell of methane ice on Saturn's moon Titan could assist in the hunt for life signs arising from this moon's ...

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A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer ...

New research suggests Saturn’s moon Titan may possess a crust of methane ice that warms its interior, promoting the ...

NARRATOR: But where does such an enormous amount of water come from on a frigid ice moon? There is a hint. As Enceladus orbits Saturn, it wobbles by about 0.12 degrees on its axis. A tiny but ...

York University professors John E. Moores and Jesse Rogerson allow you to imagine yourself as an astronaut in the solar ...

Besides Europa, these include Ganymede and Callisto, two other Jovian moons; Enceladus, which orbits Saturn; and Triton, the biggest satellite of Neptune. Europa’s icy crust is thought to be ...