Astronomers have been curious about the makeup of Ceres, the largest object in the asteroid belt, ever since its discovery by ...

Surface features of Uranus' icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today.

Enceladus erupts over 660 pounds of water per second, with jets reaching up to 6,000 miles into space. These massive plumes far exceed the size of the moon itself. National Corporate funding for ...

On its closest-ever approach to the surface of Enceladus, Cassini will plunge through jets of water and ice, giving scientists new information about whether the ocean below the moon's surface ...

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.

Scientists are fascinated by Enceladus because its sub-surface salty ocean - the source of the water - could hold the basic conditions to support life. Nasa's Cassini mission (2004-2017 ...

Searching for aliens is a tricky business. Most likely, the first alien life we discover will be hidden beneath miles of ocean on a distant world like Jupiter's moon Europa or Saturn's moon Enceladus.

Scientists have developed a new method to compute how tides affect the interiors of planets and moons. Importantly, the new ...

For the most part, these moons (such as Europa or Enceladus) have been gravitationally ... a smattering of different geological features on its surface, including grooved terrain, rough scarps ...