As atmospheric carbon dioxide levels continue to rise, the ocean plays a crucial role in helping to reduce the full impact of ...

Scientists have uncovered evidence of a hidden ocean beneath the Moon’s surface—suggesting it may hold more water than previously believed, with major implications for future space missions.

Miranda, a small moon of Uranus, has always been a bit of a mystery. Recently, scientists have been curious if it might have an ocean hidden beneath its icy surface. If this is true, it could ...

Why it matters: For decades, Miranda – the small, icy moon of Uranus – was thought to be nothing more than a frozen hunk of rock and ice. However, new research from Johns Hopkins University is ...

Our Moon Was Likely Covered in a Magma Ocean Long Ago, and New Data From India’s Lunar Rover Supports That Theory Soil composition measurements from the Chandrayaan-3 mission reveal white rock ...

Was the moon once an ocean? Evidence collected by Chandrayaan-3's Pragyan rover has added weight to a long-standing claim about the presence of a magma ocean on the Moon. Gravitas brings you the ...

Data from India’s recent Chandrayaan-3 mission supports the idea that an ocean of molten rock once covered the Moon. Scientists from the mission have published their new findings in the journal ...

Long ago, the moon was molten. It was covered by a magma ocean. The moon had just formed, accreting from the debris spewed into space by the violent collision of Earth with a Mars-size planet.

The evidence that Mimas, Saturn's "Death Star" moon, may be home to a giant underground ocean is growing. As Knowable Magazine reports, a new study not only makes a case for an ocean on the moon ...