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The daily horoscope is here for each zodiac sign on December 3, 2025, when the Moon conjuncts Uranus in Taurus.

A new study reveals how shifting ice shells on icy moons can cause dramatic pressure changes, sometimes enough to boil their hidden oceans. The outer planets of our Solar System are accompanied by ...

Despite their liquid water and potential for habitability, these moons are very different environments from Earth. On Earth, ...

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Small icy moons in the outer reaches of our solar system may hide boiling oceans underneath their surfaces, a new study finds.

Simulations show that subsurface oceans on small moons may hit boiling conditions, potentially creating features like Miranda’s distinctive ridges.

The outer planets of the solar system are swarmed by ice-wrapped moons. Some of these, such as Saturn's moon Enceladus, are known to have oceans of liquid water between the ice shell and the rocky ...