Space Daily July 23, 2026 • 15:30

Scientists think at least two of Uranus's moons — Titania and Oberon — may harbour liquid water oceans beneath their icy crusts, kept warm not by the sun but by radioactive decay deep in their interiors. If true, they join a growing list of ocean worlds in the sol - Space Daily

Scientists think at least two of Uranus's moons — Titania and Oberon — may harbour liquid water oceans beneath their icy crusts, kept warm not by the sun but by radioactive decay deep in their interiors. If true, they join a growing list of ocean worlds in the sol - Space Daily

In the solar system's deep freeze, heat from within may unlock worlds we thought impossible to inhabit.

At nearly three billion kilometres from the Sun, the moons of Uranus receive little of the solar energy that warms Earth. Their surfaces sit at temperatures around minus 200 degrees Celsius, and neit… [+5517 chars]

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