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.

The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long thought. Instead, ...

Miranda, a small moon of Uranus, has always been a bit of a mystery. Recently, scientists have been curious if it might have ...

Saturn gets close to the moon tonight, and some skywatchers in Florida, Central America and South America will see the ringed planet briefly disappear behind our lunar companion.

"The same is true for Saturn's moon Enceladus." says co-author Alexander Berne of CalTech in Pasadena and an affiliate at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California. "Enceladus has an ice ...

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.

Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun, holds some of the solar system’s most intriguing mysteries. Among its 28 known moons ...

New insights from Voyager 2 suggest Uranus' moon Miranda may have housed a deep ocean, shaping its unique features.