Space Daily September 05, 2026 • 18:30

Ganymede may hold more liquid water than all of Earth’s oceans combined, yet this immense reservoir is buried beneath roughly 150 kilometres of ice—and scientists still do not know whether any of it has ever reached the surface. - spacedaily.com

Ganymede may hold more liquid water than all of Earth’s oceans combined, yet this immense reservoir is buried beneath roughly 150 kilometres of ice—and scientists still do not know whether any of it has ever reached the surface. - spacedaily.com

Magnetic and auroral evidence points to a vast ocean beneath Ganymede, but surface salts do not yet prove a direct connection through its roughly 150-kilometre ice shell.

Ganymede may contain more liquid water than all of Earth’s surface oceans combined. The scale is difficult to reconcile with the moon’s dry, battered appearance. There are no open seas, no dark fract… [+12115 chars]

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