What: New research suggests Uranus’s moon Ariel once hosted, or may still contain, a deep subsurface ocean beneath its icy crust. Guests: Planetary scientist Dr. Ca ...

Uranus’s largest moons, Titania and Oberon, may be hiding buried oceans. Surface temperatures averaging around -200°C mean the water-rich worlds are covered in ice, but radioactive elements deep ...

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All large moons in the solar system, including Uranus's, are tidally locked. This means that gravity has matched their spin so that the same side always faces their parent planet while they orbit.

Currently, NASA is studying the concept of a Uranus orbiter and atmospheric probe as its next, big multibillion-dollar flagship mission. A SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket would launch the mission in 2032 ...

Uranus and Neptune may soon lose their reputation as the "boring" planets of the solar system. Long overshadowed by the grandeur of Jupiter and Saturn, scientists now believe that beneath their thick, ...

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