Far from the Sun, beneath the frozen shells of moons like Europa and Enceladus, new research suggests that water may not ...

Planetary scientists are increasingly convinced that some of the smallest, coldest worlds in the outer Solar System may hide ...

While the crater-pitted moon may appear geologically dead, researchers have discovered more could be going on under its icy ...

Scientists have been able to recreate the extreme conditions found on icy moons in deep space - and revealed the unstable behaviour of water. In the near-zero pressure environment of space, water ...

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are ...