Smashed Icy Moons Cool Too Rapidly to Retain Oceans

Smashed Icy Moons Cool Too Rapidly to Retain Oceans
By Laurence Tognetti, MSc (https://ift.tt/wiUCgu1)

There are more than 450 confirmed moons orbiting the eight major planets, but only a handful of them provide unique scientific value to pique the interests of the scientific community, specifically their potential for hosting life as we know it. This is due to the subsurface oceans that exist beneath icy crusts, including Jupiter’s Europa and Ganymede, and Saturn’s Enceladus. But what processes are responsible for producing these subsurface oceans, or potentially preventing them from forming in the first place?

September 22, 2026 at 06:26AM
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