Some of Uranus' moons might be able to support life. Here's what a mission might reveal

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Some of Uranus' moons might be able to support life.  Here's what a mission might reveal

 

Over the last couple of years, planetary scientists have been increasingly calling for a mission to a largely unexplored region of the solar system:  Uranus and its moons.

Planetary scientists know that some of Jupiter's and Saturn's moons likely possess subsurface liquid-water oceans.  These "ocean worlds," such as the Jovian moon Europa and the Saturnian moon Enceladus, are not in the "Goldilocks zone" — the optimal distance from a star where liquid water can exist on a world's surface — that was previously thought to be a requirement for habitability.

Instead, researchers have been considering the possibility that life could eke out an existence inside these bodies, suspended in internal oceans heated through various mechanisms.  These hypothetical life-forms might utilize chemical metabolic pathways similar to those used by life on Earth's ocean floor.

Increasingly, the astrobiology community has been looking beyond the Jupiter and Saturn systems.  They're calling for a mission to Uranus and its moons, as a number of Uranus' moons have displayed telltale signs of having internal liquid oceans and chemical compositions that could be favorable to life.  [...]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/uranus-moons-might-able-support-140001624.html

[Neonred 3,576]

All I can tell you is I am staying far away from Uranus...

 

[TBoneTX 45,568]

17 minutes ago, Neonred said:

All I can tell you is I am staying far away from Uranus...

Because Uranus might moon you?   

[TBoneTX 45,568]

This is quite interesting.

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Uranus is weirder than we thought:  Scientists report new mysteries of the tilted planet

 

A pale blue-green enigma, the planet Uranus has long fascinated astronomers precisely because of its extreme distance, some 1.6 billion miles (2.6 billion km) from Earth.  While it is comparatively easy to gaze upon neighboring celestial bodies like the Moon and the planets Mars and Venus, Uranus is difficult to see without the most powerful telescopes, such as the James Webb Space Telescope.  As technology has advanced, it has unlocked more secrets of the strange, tilted planet (it orbits on its side compared to other planets in the solar system), from the fact that it may rain diamonds to discovering previously-unknown moons.

Now a trio of recent studies has revealed that one of its moons, Miranda, likely has a stirring ocean beneath its surface, meaning it could harbor extraterrestrial life, and that the planet's own internal dynamics are more bizarre than we ever imagined.  [...]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/uranus-weirder-thought-scientists-report-103005002.html

 

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11 hours ago, TBoneTX said:

 

Uranus is weirder than we thought:  

 

 

cue the laughter.............

[Nature Boy 2.0 8,376]

On 10/2/2024 at 8:55 PM, TBoneTX said:

Some of Uranus' moons might be able to support life.  Here's what a mission might reveal

 

Over the last couple of years, planetary scientists have been increasingly calling for a mission to a largely unexplored region of the solar system:  Uranus and its moons.

Planetary scientists know that some of Jupiter's and Saturn's moons likely possess subsurface liquid-water oceans.  These "ocean worlds," such as the Jovian moon Europa and the Saturnian moon Enceladus, are not in the "Goldilocks zone" — the optimal distance from a star where liquid water can exist on a world's surface — that was previously thought to be a requirement for habitability.

Instead, researchers have been considering the possibility that life could eke out an existence inside these bodies, suspended in internal oceans heated through various mechanisms.  These hypothetical life-forms might utilize chemical metabolic pathways similar to those used by life on Earth's ocean floor.

Increasingly, the astrobiology community has been looking beyond the Jupiter and Saturn systems.  They're calling for a mission to Uranus and its moons, as a number of Uranus' moons have displayed telltale signs of having internal liquid oceans and chemical compositions that could be favorable to life.  [...]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/uranus-moons-might-able-support-140001624.html

So you rae saying there may be life in Uranus?

[TBoneTX 45,568]

10 hours ago, Nature Boy 2.0 said:

So you rae saying there may be life in Uranus?

Not in Myanus.