More information: D. J. Hemingway et al, Looking for Subsurface Oceans Within the Moons of Uranus Using Librations and Gravity, Geophysical Research Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2024GL110409 ...

Astronomers have uncovered three new moons, including Uranus’ first in over two decades, marking a milestone in our understanding of the outer reaches of the solar system. The International ...

The most well-known ringed planet is Saturn; its rings are made up of thousands of thin, delicate concentric rings made of various sizes of ice and rock, and are kept in place by shepherd moons ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from ...

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have moons astronomers think might be harboring liquid oceans, locked away beneath thick icy shells. Those shells are a big problem for Earth-based ...

On Jan. 13, 1986, astronomer Stephen Synnott, using data collected by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, discovered three additional moons in orbit around Uranus. Those moons are Desdemona, Rosalind and ...