Given Miranda has a radius of just 146 miles (235 kilometers), the ocean would have filled almost half of the moon's body. "That result was a big surprise to the team," Strom said. Key to creating ...

Miranda, the deformed and most undersized of Uranus' large moons, features a patchwork of ridges, valleys, and great cliffs. Scientists consider its mixed-up surface to be the product of intense ...

But why is it so important to learn more about Uranus' largest moons like Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon and whether or not they possess subsurface oceans? "The existence or non ...