Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide boiling oceans underneath their surfaces, a new study finds ...

There are several frozen moons in our solar system, orbiting the gas giants. Some of them, despite having temperatures that would make Antarctica feel tropical, have liquid water under the surface.

A groundbreaking study suggests that beneath the frozen surface of Enceladus, Saturn’s smallest moon, there could be vast, ...

Simulations show that subsurface oceans on small moons may hit boiling conditions, potentially creating features like Miranda’s distinctive ridges.

Unlike geology on Earth, which is driven by the movement of deep rock, the action on icy moons is powered by the dynamics of water and ice.

That’s also true for the other moons that provide the gravitational stress. As a result, the internal oceans may actually ...

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are ...

The outer planets of the Solar System are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn’s moon Enceladus, are ...

Saturn's moon Mimas, imaged by the Cassini spacecraft. A new study shows how such small ice moons could sustain a liquid ...