Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...
A reassessment of data from NASA's Voyager 2 has revealed that Uranus' moon Miranda may contain a subsurface ocean, challenging assumptions about its potential for life.
Miranda, a small moon of Uranus, has always been a bit of a mystery. Recently, scientists have been curious if it might have ...
The energy of this deformation is what heats up Europa's interior, allowing an ocean of liquid water to exist beneath the moon's icy surface. "The same is true for Saturn's moon Enceladus." says ...
Scientists have developed a new method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons. Importantly, the new ...
Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.