Technology has radically changed the contributions that amateurs can make to the field of astronomy. Using a readily-available ‘hobby’ telescope, off-the-shelf camera and computer equipment, plus ...

Today, NASA announced evidence that Jupiter’s largest moon, Ganymede, contains a liquid water ocean floating beneath its crust. The discovery is a masterpiece of indirect detection, using Hubble Space ...

Image data reanalysis has revealed that ancient tectonic troughs are concentrically distributed across almost the entire surface of Jupiter's moon Ganymede. Computer simulation results suggest that ...

Hot on the heels of the announcement that hydrothermal vents have been found on Saturn’s moon Enceladus, we get another watery alien world announcement: Indirect evidence has been found for a salty ...

The biggest moon in the solar system harbors a salty ocean beneath its frozen surface, according to a study that examined the moon's flickering auroras to probe its interior. A number of worlds in our ...

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Astronomers have found the most conclusive evidence yet that a large watery ocean lies beneath the surface of Jupiter’s moon Ganymede. With the discovery, Ganymede joins Enceladus and Europa as ...

A century ago, the search for life in the Solar System was concentrated almost entirely on Mars, a place with polar caps, weather of some sort and, crucially, a location close enough to the Sun that ...

NASA's Juno spacecraft captured vivid images of Jupiter's moon Ganymede during a flyby on June 7. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SwRI/MSSS Ganymede, a behemoth of an icy moon in Jupiter's orbit, was ...

Scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope have confirmed that the Jupiter-orbiting moon Ganymede has an ocean beneath its icy surface, raising the prospects for life, Nasa has revealed. The finding ...