Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter and experienced stargazer who covers the night sky, astro-tourism, the northern lights and space exploration. He received the 2023 Popular Media Award from the American Astronomical Society's Solar Physics Division and is the author of A Stargazing Program for Beginners. Writing for Forbes.
A small moon orbiting Uranus called Miranda may have an ocean below its icy crust, suggests a new study of archive images taken 38 years ago. If it’s true, Miranda has the potential for life alongside other ocean worlds in the solar system, such as Europa at Jupiter and Enceladus at Saturn., the seventh planet from the sun has 28 moons, but five major moons — Miranda , Ariel , Umbriel , Titania and Oberon .
During its brief flyby of Miranda, Voyager 2 imaged only the tiny moon's southern hemisphere. It found an ancient cratered terrain pockmarked with craters, with smooth floors reminiscent of Earth’s moon and Enceladus.in October, revisited Voyager 2’s images and claims that Miranda's geology results from tidal forces from neighboring moons.
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