Carbon Oxides on Uranus' Moon Ariel Hint at Hidden Ocean, Webb Telescope Reveals
July 25, 2024
July 25, 2024
LAUREL, Maryland, July 25 (TNSres) -- The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory issued the following news release:
The surface of Uranus' moon Ariel is coated with a significant amount of carbon dioxide ice, especially on its "trailing hemisphere" that always faces away from the moon's direction of orbital motion. This fact presents a surprise because even at the frigid reaches of the Uranian system -- 20 times farther from the Sun than Earth -- carbon dioxid . . .
The surface of Uranus' moon Ariel is coated with a significant amount of carbon dioxide ice, especially on its "trailing hemisphere" that always faces away from the moon's direction of orbital motion. This fact presents a surprise because even at the frigid reaches of the Uranian system -- 20 times farther from the Sun than Earth -- carbon dioxid . . .