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

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

Greetings everyone! Since new moon is tomorrow, there will be no visible moon in the sky this week and it’s a fine time to ...

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

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 ...

Now that it has launched, the next major milestone for the spacecraft will be a flyby of Mars on March 1, 2025. During this maneuver, the spacecraft will get as close as 300 miles and 600 miles (482 ...

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 recent study aided by a UND graduate student suggests that Miranda, one of the moons of Uranus, may be hiding an incredible ...