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A diagram depicting habitable zone boundaries across star type with rocky exoplanets from Bohl et al. (2026). The boundaries of the habitable zone shift based on star colour, since different wavelengths of light will heat a planet's atmosphere differently. Credit Gillis Lowry / Pablo Carlos Budassi Licence type Attribution (CC BY 4.0)

Ariel, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Habitable Zones, Icy Worlds, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, Uranus

The Astrobiological Potential of the Uranian Moon System

by Keith CowingAugust 27, 2024August 27, 2024

LP 791-18 d, illustrated here, is an Earth-size world about 86 light-years away. The gravitational tug from a more massive planet in the system, shown as a blue dot in the background, may result in internal heating and volcanic eruptions on this exoplanet – as much as Jupiter’s moon Io, the most geologically active body in the Solar System. CREDIT NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center/Chris Smith (KRBwyle)

Astrochemistry, Astrogeology, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Icy Worlds, Imaging & Spectroscopy, Miranda, Neptune, Oberon, Titania, Triton, Umbriel, Uranus

JWST Spectrophotometry of the Small Satellites of Uranus and Neptune

by Keith CowingApril 11, 2024April 11, 2024

Ultramafic xenolith AMASE UI-6, an orthopyroxenite comprised principally of orthopyroxene and olivine with minor chrome spinel and carbonate. (a) Petrographic thin section, small black rectangle shows area of thin section magnified in (f); (b) RGB element map from EDAX-Orbis instrument, Red = Fe, Green = Ca, Blue = Cr, large white rectangle shows area imaged in MapX-III; (c) RGB element map from MapX-III, colour scheme same as in (b); (d) Ca element image from EDAX instrument; (e) Ca element image from MapX-III instrument; (f) optical micrograph of portion of thin section outlined in figures a–e, g, h, showing carbonates (C) and other secondary mineralization surrounding chrome spinel (S), Opx – orthopyroxene, Ol = olivine; (g) ROI map from EDAX instrument; (h) ROI map from MapX-III instrument. -- International Journal of Astrobiology

Ariel, Icy Worlds, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, Uranus

Feasibility of Passive Sounding of Uranian Moons using Uranian Kilometric Radiation

by Keith CowingMay 9, 2023December 18, 2023

Ariel, Icy Worlds, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, Uranus, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

A New Study of Uranus’ Large Moons Shows That Four May Hold Water

by Keith CowingMay 4, 2023December 18, 2023

Sequence of zonal winds from NIR measurements obtained on different dates. Results are based on averages over bins of 10º in latitude x 1 hr in local time. (I, II) From Venus Orbit Insertion to orbit 948 (dates from 12 April 2006 till 23 November 2008; 2515 measurements), (III, IV and V) Orbits 1043-2115 (dates from 26 February 2009 till 03 March 2012; 2071 measurements). -- astro-ph.EP

Ariel, Icy Worlds, Miranda, Uranus, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography

Two Of Uranus’ Moons May Harbor Active Oceans, Radiation Data Suggests News Releases

by Keith CowingMarch 16, 2023December 18, 2023

Icy Worlds, Miranda

An Analytic Solution For Evaluating The Magnetic Field Induced From An Arbitrary, Asymmetric Ocean World

by Keith CowingJune 21, 2021October 30, 2024

Ariel, Icy Worlds, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, Uranus

In Search Of Subsurface Oceans Within The Uranian Moons

by Keith CowingMay 13, 2021October 30, 2024

Ariel, Icy Worlds, Miranda, Oberon, Titania, Umbriel, Uranus

The Science Case For Spacecraft Exploration Of The Uranian Satellites: Candidate Ocean Worlds In An Ice Giant System

by Keith CowingMay 5, 2021October 30, 2024