But on larger icy moons, the ice layer may break up before the water boils, preventing the formation of a boiling ocean.
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Many small moons in our solar system have boiling oceans hidden beneath their ice
Several small worlds beyond Jupiter are not just frozen rubble. Beneath their shining skins, many hide oceans of liquid water ...
Small icy moons may have hidden oceans that briefly boil under thick ice. Changing pressure inside these moons shapes their ...
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Icy Moons Orbiting Saturn and Uranus May Hide Boiling Liquid Oceans
Rather than flowing magma, geological shifts on icy moons are produced by melting ice. The ice shells coating these moons wax ...
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