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Europa’s seafloor may be impenetrable and inhospitable to life

The seafloor of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa was thought to provide energy and nutrients to its ocean, but it turns out that may not be possible

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The moons of Mars may have been formed in an icy planetary collision

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Europa may have less oxygen to fuel life in its seas than we thought

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Why we're finally on the cusp of finding exomoons around other planets

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Tiny new moons have been spotted orbiting Neptune and Uranus

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The surface of Jupiter's moon Callisto is scarred with impact craters

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Carbon dioxide gas spotted in atmosphere of Jupiter’s moon Callisto

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Strange ‘magic islands’ on Saturn’s moon Titan may be porous icebergs

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Why moon missions in 2024 could reveal both our history and our future

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As it sped away from Venus, NASA's Mariner 10 spacecraft captured this seemingly peaceful view of a planet the size of Earth, wrapped in a dense, global cloud layer. But, contrary to its serene appearance, the clouded globe of Venus is a world of intense heat, crushing atmospheric pressure and clouds of corrosive acid.

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A renegade moon may have flipped Venus’s spin

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Image of Io captured by the Juno spacecraft on 30 December 2023

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Extreme close-up of Jupiter’s moon Io captured by Juno spacecraft

NASA’s Juno spacecraft flew past Io on 30 December and took one of our best pictures yet of this moon of Jupiter

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Japan is sending a rover to Mars's moon Phobos in 2024

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We may have found a crater on Jupiter’s moon Io for the first time

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Uranus, showing its rings and nine of the planet's 27 moons

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Stunning JWST image of Uranus shows 13 rings and nine moons

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Uranus's moon Miranda

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Moons around Uranus may suddenly develop atmospheres in the spring

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