New modeling shows that there likely is an ocean layer in four of Uranus’ major moons: Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. Salty — or briny — oceans lie under the ice and atop layers of water-rich rock and dry rock. Miranda is too small to retain enough heat for an ocean layer —Image Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech

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Water potential on four of Uranus’ largest moons revealed

A new study looks at the possibility of sub-surface oceans existing on four of Uranus’ major moons — Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon

Up until a few years ago, the existence of water on other celestial bodies was considered a…