Last year, a study led by planetary scientist Richard Cartwright at the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) in Laurel, Maryland, proposed that deposits of carbon dioxide ice and other ...

Research Indicates Uranus Moon to Have Hidden Oceans, Trenches on Ariel Could Reflect Subsurface Water Recent studies led by planetary geologist Chloe Beddingfield from the Johns Hopkins University ...

Ariel’s medial grooves could provide important clues about the moon’s internal structure, particularly regarding the presence ...

Our Solar System, like a sneaky little hobbit, seems to have stuffed its pockets full of hidden oceans. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all have moons astronomers think might be harboring liquid ...

Scientists have discovered that deep trenches on Uranus’ moon Ariel might be pathways for material from its interior to reach ...

Carbon dioxide ice is thought to be unlikely at Uranus because at that distance from the sun—20 times farther than Earth—it should turn to gas. However, Ariel’s surface—which has canyons ...

Its surface is surrounded by a dense fog ... Pupils could use this clip to learn about Uranus’ main features. Afterwards, pupils could study the other planets, (using more BBC clips) recording ...