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.

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

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

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

Mars is brightening and the giant planet Jupiter is reaching its best apparition in a decade for Northern Hemisphere ...

The icy moon Miranda is the latest satellite in our solar system to spark hope in the search for life beyond Earth.

Scientists have discovered that the icy shell of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could possess an insulated, six-mile-thick (9.7-kilometer-thick) layer of methane ice beneath its surface.

It sounds like something out of a science-fiction movie. For the past couple of weeks, Earth's orbit has been home to a "mini-moon" the size of a city bus. The celestial object is more than just a ...

At this point, you may wonder: There are a few icy ocean moons in the solar system, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus ... with an estimated average depth of 62 miles (100 km).

Moores and Jesse Rogerson allow you to imagine yourself as an astronaut in the solar system in their new book, ‘Daydreaming in the Solar System: Surfing Saturn’s Rings, Golfing on the Moon ...