The Solar System is more than just planets; it is home to a dazzling variety of moons, each with its own unique charm. Some ...

Could the hidden seas of icy moons occasionally boil beneath kilometers of ice? Recent modeling suggests that, given just the ...

While the crater-pitted moon may appear geologically dead, researchers have discovered more could be going on under its icy ...

Out in the cold, distant reaches of our solar system, many moons are wrapped in thick layers of ice. At first glance, these ...

New research on icy moons was conducted. The study suggests that some icy moons in our solar system may have subsurface ...

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

Imagine boiling something. You probably picture a stove, heat radiating from a burner, and bubbles rising because the ...

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

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 ...

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