Uranus Moon Could Harbor Alien Life in Subterranean Sea. ... Umbriel and Ariel—at about 290 miles in diameter, ... This ocean would have filled over half of the moon's entire body, ...

The four biggest moons of Uranus — Titania, Oberon, Ariel and Umbriel — may harbor salty oceans beneath their frozen surfaces, a new study suggests.

Nov. 3—GRAND FORKS — One of Uranus' moons likely hosted a subsurface ocean in the recent past and may even possess an ocean today, according to research involving UND researchers. Miranda, the ...

Some of Uranus' moons show signs of having subsurface liquid oceans where life might be possible. A mission to the Uranian moon system could help planetary scientists learn more about the ...

Based on the new findings, four of the planet's 27 moons (Titania, Oberon, Ariel, and Umbriel) appear to have an ocean layer between their cores and the icy surface that covers them.

Subterranean Ocean. Just 310 miles/500 kilometers in diameter, Enceladus—which is geologically active because of the gravitational pull of Saturn and its other moons—is a top target for ...

And where there’s water, there’s a chance of life. Scientists have suspected for decades that a subterranean ocean might slosh between the rocky mantle and icy crust of Ganymede, the largest ...

Saturn's moon Enceladus is only 300 miles wide—it would fit between New York City and Charlottesville, Va.

Miranda is the smallest of Uranus' large moons—after Titania, Oberon, Umbriel and Ariel—at about 290 miles in diameter, about one-seventh the size of our moon.