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7d ago
At least six moons in our solar system are thought to hide oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces — and the list may keep growing as old spacecraft data, improved models and new missions reveal oceans in increasingly unexpected places
Liquid water is not confined to Earth or to worlds close enough to the Sun for warmth. Several moons in the outer Solar System appear to contain oceans beneath ice shells, kept liquid by combinations of tidal flexing, radioactive decay, salts and ammonia. The exact count depends on how strong the evidence must be. Europa, [...] The post At least six moons in our solar system are thought to hide oceans of liquid water beneath their frozen surfaces — and the list may keep growing as old spacecraft data, improved models and new missions reveal oceans in increasingly unexpected places appeared first on Space Daily.
