How can Uranus be used to indirectly study its moons and identify if they possess subsurface oceans? This is what a recent ...

Curiously, Ariel and several of Uranus's other moons have experienced multiple periods of geological activity, likely driven by tidal forces. These forces, stemming from the moons' period ...

Recent studies led by planetary geologist Chloe Beddingfield from the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory indicated that Uranus's moon Ariel could likely harbor a subsurface ocean.

Ariel, Uranus’s fourth largest moon, is thought to be made of equal parts rock and ice. A new computer model developed at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics could be used to detect ...

the moons Ariel and Miranda could possibly house underground liquid water oceans. It’s an intriguing discovery that only helps to heighten the need for better exploration of Uranus and its 27 ...