Similar oceans inhabit the interiors of Titan's fellow Saturnian moon Enceladus, and Jupiter's moons Europa and Ganymede. Related: Subsurface ocean tides on Saturn's moon Titan are influenced by ...

The loss of the magma played a crucial role in the moon's landscape formation. There was once a magma-filled ocean on the south pole of the moon, scientists recently discovered after analyzing ...

This would have meant the newly formed moon was covered entirely in magma: a global magma ocean, so hot and deep that it took at least tens of millions of years to cool and solidify into rock.

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 ...

Feb. 8 (UPI) --A new paper by French astronomers out Thursday claims Saturn's so-called "Death Star" moon may in fact be hiding a large liquid sea beneath its icy surface with the condition to ...

For decades. researchers have theorized that resting beneath Callisto's pockmarked surface is a liquid saltwater ocean that spans the entire moon. After taking a closer look at data from 30 years ...

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 ...

Researchers suggest this is because Mimas' ocean dwells 12 to 18 miles (20 to 30 kilometers) below the moon's 15-mile-thick frozen shell. An image from the Cassini spacecraft of Saturn's moon Mimas.

India's lunar mission found remnants of a magma ocean on the south pole The Moon’s south pole was once covered in an ocean of liquid molten rock, according to scientists. The findings back up a ...

Ganymede is the only moon in the solar system with a magnetic field. “This suggests we are seeing the remnants of a deep ocean brine that reached the surface of this frozen world,” said Bolton.

There’s a newfound ocean in the outer Solar System, and it’s in a very surprising place 1. Mimas, a mid-sized moon of Saturn, turns out to have an ocean beneath its icy surface — despite ...