A recent study published in Nature Astronomyhas provided compelling evidence for a frozen ocean world on the dwarf planet ...

The frozen world is roughly the same size as our moon but hides a vast ocean beneath its icy exterior, potentially containing twice the amount of water as all of Earth’s oceans combined.

"We want to determine whether Europa has the potential to support simple life in the deep ocean, beneath its icy layer," he said. "We want to understand whether Europa has the key ingredients to ...

Deep beneath frozen oceans, a rare and deadly natural phenomenon called the brinicle forms, an icy finger of death that creeps downward like a frozen tentacle, instantly killing any sea creature it ...

Ceres, a nearby dwarf planet, may hide a frozen ocean beneath its icy crust—making it the most accessible ocean world and a ...

The world’s largest iceberg, A23, is fragmenting into smaller pieces according to alarming NASA satellite images.

This prototype lander is collecting ice samples here on Earth, in the hope that it might help scientists peek at the ocean ...

Covered by a shimmering smooth icy crust, it is thought to harbour an ocean 100 to 150 kilometres deep beneath its surface, which is around minus 160 degrees Celsius and could contain more water than ...

If life exists on the icy ocean moons of Enceladus and Europa, detectable trace molecules could survive just below their frozen surfaces. Scientists have long theorized that both Enceladus ...

Astronomers have long been intrigued by the makeup of the asteroid belt’s largest body. When it was first spotted in 1801, ...