Astronomers discover enormous evidence that a geologically young ocean exists beneath the icy crust of Saturn’s moon Mimas. A French-led research team observed changes in Mimas’s orbit and rotation and reported that a hidden ocean 12 to 18 miles ( 20 to 30 kilometers) beneath the icy crust was more likely a prolonged rocky core. […]
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NASA’s Webb captured a marvelous image of Uranus showing its inner and outer dim rings(including the extremely diffuse dim ring the Zeta Ring) and many of its moons during December 2023. This image is a two-colored version that shows atmospheric details of the planets such as a seasonal north polar cap and storms. This new
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Citizen scientists have shared unique insights into the close flyby of Europa by NASA’s Juno Spacecraft. Thanks to processing raw images captured by JunoCam, the spacecraft’s public-engagement camera, members of the general public have created deep-space portraits of Europa that are indeed worthy of further scientific examination. According to Juno principal investigator Scott Bolton, Juno
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Southwest Research Institute scientists mixed data based on NASA’s New Horizons mission along with novel lab experiments and exospheric modeling to reveal the likely composition of the red cap on Pluto’s moon Charon and how it might’ve formed. This primary description of Charon’s dynamic methane atmosphere based on recent experimental data provides a spectacular brief
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By using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope, Gemini North Telescope, and the Infrared Telescope Facility, astronomers created an atmospheric model that not only matches the observations of the ice giants but also reveals that Uranus has excess haze builds up in its stagnant, sluggish atmosphere, and gives it a lighter blue than Neptune. Neptune
