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.

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

USA: NASA will this week search for signs of life on Saturn by sending a probe into a plume of icy vapour coming from one of its 62 moons. Experts hope their Cassini spacecraft will unlock the ...

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

On October 25, 1671, the Italian astronomer Giovanni Cassini discovered a new moon at Saturn! ‘On This Day in Space’ Video ...

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).

A ridge that follows the equator of Saturn's moon Iapetus gives it the appearance of a giant walnut. The ridge, photographed in 2004 by the Cassini spacecraft, is 100 kilometers (62 miles ...

NASA Study Reveals Uranus’ Moon ‘Miranda’ With Hidden Ocean Could Be Home to Aliens, Breakthrough in Research Recent studies showed that one of Uranus’s moons, Miranda, might hold signs of ...

of the planets and moons; and to determine the amount, size and distribution of material in Saturn's rings. The CRS has the highest sensitivity of any of Voyager's sensors, and looks for very high ...

After that excitement will come a nice conjunction of Venus and bright star Regulus, the rising of a full “Buck Moon” and the chance to see both Saturn and ... line (62 miles/100km up) that ...