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, ...

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.

A recent study points to an exciting possibility: that Uranus's moon Miranda, located in the far reaches of our solar system, ...

“To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising,” said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...

Miranda, one of Uranus' most enigmatic moons, may harbor a subsurface ocean, a revelation that challenges long-held ...

"To find evidence of an ocean inside a small object like Miranda is incredibly surprising," said Tom Nordheim, a planetary ...

"The suggestion of an ocean inside one of the most distant moons in the solar system is remarkable," a researcher said.

Saturn’s moon Enceladus was also once thought to be frozen until NASA’s Cassini spacecraft discovered that it had a global ocean and active geysers. Miranda may follow a similar path.