James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) found that the surface of Uranus' moon Ariel, which is a candidate ocean world, is coated with a significant amount of carbon dioxide ice. It was discovered on ...

New research suggests a moon orbiting the sophomoric-sounding planet might contain enough natural resources to support alien ...

Previous theories proposed that the carbon dioxide on Ariel's surface was replenished through radiolysis, a process involving interactions between the moon's surface and charged particles trapped ...

However, Ariel’s surface—which has canyons, grooves and smooth regions—was found to contain carbon dioxide ice, particularly on the side of the moon that faces away from the direction it orbits.

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.

Artemis 2 was initially slotted for a December 2024 liftoff, but that schedule was delayed in January 2024. NASA said several ...

Miranda is the smallest of Uranus' large moons—after Titania, Oberon, Umbriel and Ariel—at about 290 ... since the formation of the moon's strange surface formations. However, according ...

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 ...

New research suggests that just before Voyager 2 arrived, Uranus was hit by a rare blast of solar wind from the Sun that ...

Frank Sinatra once sang, “Fly me to the moon,” but now anyone on Earth can ask “Which moon do you want to go to, Frank?” ...