NASA's Webb Telescope finds evidence for an underground ocean on Uranus moon Ariel, raising interest in future missions to explore the seventh planet and its moons.
It’s the moon Ariel, plus maybe a few others. Figured I’d put in comments what the article was about to balance out the name jokes. I used to try and pronounce it with the different accent, but I don’t bother now. It’s the name.
On the actual topic, that’s fascinating that there’s enough gravitational force for Uranus to do what Jupiter does to its moons. Granted Ariel is a lot closer. We really need missions for each of these type moons to get under the ice and see what’s there.
Just read an article about ice under the surface of Mars, perhaps a whole oceans worth. There’s a lot of water out there I don’t know if it necessarily is going to translate into life but it’s cool to find. If nothing else it gives us options if we screw all ours up.
Using seismic activity to probe the interior of Mars, geophysicists have found evidence for a large underground reservoir of liquid water—enough to fill oceans on the planet’s surface.
It’s located in tiny cracks and pores in rock in the middle of the Martian crust, between 11.5 and 20 kilometers below the surface. Even on Earth, drilling a hole a kilometer deep is a challenge.
It’s the moon Ariel, plus maybe a few others. Figured I’d put in comments what the article was about to balance out the name jokes. I used to try and pronounce it with the different accent, but I don’t bother now. It’s the name.
On the actual topic, that’s fascinating that there’s enough gravitational force for Uranus to do what Jupiter does to its moons. Granted Ariel is a lot closer. We really need missions for each of these type moons to get under the ice and see what’s there.
Just read an article about ice under the surface of Mars, perhaps a whole oceans worth. There’s a lot of water out there I don’t know if it necessarily is going to translate into life but it’s cool to find. If nothing else it gives us options if we screw all ours up.
Oh shit, don’t let Nestle see this comment.
Our water is already screwed up with micro plastics.
Microplastic water is next-gen water. Whatever evolves to use it is the winner.
Not to rain on your parade but:
https://phys.org/news/2024-08-scientists-oceans-mars-deep.html
Ain’t nobody getting to that water anytime soon.
Idk man, personally, I don’t think Uranus [yoor-uh-nuhs] sounds much like “your anus”, but the distinction might be smaller for certain dialects.