Using data gathered by NASA's Juno Jupiter orbiter, scientists estimate that Europa's ice shell is about 18 miles thick — which could make it hard for nutrients to get down to its buried ocean.

Pluto’s frozen face looks dead at first glance, but its most famous feature hints at something far stranger than a simple ice ...

Scientists with expertise in geophysics at Washington State University have developed an alternative pathway for the ...

Astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures of distant worlds based on the thickness of their ice shells, effectively conducting oceanography from space. Cornell ...

Jupiter's fourth-largest moon is a main character in our search for other life-friendly places in our solar system. Reading time 2 minutes Europa, one of Jupiter’s 95 moons, is encased in a shell of ...

An analysis of gravity and topography data from Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, has revealed unexpected features of the moon’s outer ice shell. The best explanation for the findings, the authors said, ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – Cornell University astrobiologists have devised a novel way to determine ocean temperatures of distant worlds based on the thickness of their ice shells, effectively conducting ...