Hacker News with Generative AI: Moons

What's Going on Inside Io, Jupiter's Volcanic Moon? (quantamagazine.org)
Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about geologically active moons.
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Jupiter, Moons
7 points by rbanffy 27 days ago | 0 comments
Saturn's moon Titan could harbor life, but only a tiny amount (news.arizona.edu)
Titan, Saturn's largest moon, is a strange, alien world. Covered in rivers and lakes of liquid methane, icy boulders and dunes of soot-like "sand," its topography has long fascinated scientists and invited speculation on whether lifeforms might lurk beneath the moon's thick, hazy atmosphere.
Saturn, Moons, Space Exploration, Life, Science
61 points by geox 46 days ago | 42 comments
Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274 (nytimes.com)
Astronomers say they have discovered more than 100 new moons around Saturn, possibly the result of cosmic smashups that left debris in the planet’s orbit as recently as 100 million years ago.
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Saturn, Moons, Solar System
33 points by donohoe 73 days ago | 5 comments
Kissing moons may explain why Earth's moon is so large (cbc.ca)
Dwarf planet Pluto and our Earth are the only two worlds in our solar system with very large moons. These may have come about by a "kiss and capture" process, which preserves a moon's large size.
Space, Astronomy, Planets, Moons
99 points by pseudolus 76 days ago | 32 comments
A Novel 'Kiss and Capture' Event Gave Pluto Its Largest Moon, Charon (smithsonianmag.com)
Researchers accounted for the previously overlooked structures of the dwarf planet and moon in computer simulations of a celestial collision
Space, Astronomy, Pluto, Moons, Celestial Mechanics
20 points by gmays 125 days ago | 3 comments
Uranus' moon Miranda may have an ocean beneath its surface (phys.org)
A new study suggests Uranus' moon Miranda may harbor a water ocean beneath its surface, a finding that would challenge many assumptions about the moon's history and composition and could put it in the company of the few select worlds in our solar system with potentially life-sustaining environments.
Astronomy, Moons, Oceans, Solar System, Life
39 points by geox 201 days ago | 7 comments
James Webb Space Telescope deciphers the origins of Pluto's icy moon Charon (space.com)
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Pluto, Moons
11 points by gmays 228 days ago | 1 comments
Saturn's moon Mimas may hide a surprisingly young ocean (knowablemagazine.org)
Saturn’s moon Mimas, known for its uncanny resemblance to the Star Wars Death Star, might harbor liquid water beneath its icy shell. If true, similar seas could be hiding in plain sight, and the outer solar system may be far more habitable than previously thought.
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Moons, Solar System, Habitability
8 points by pseudolus 239 days ago | 0 comments
NASA okays mission to search for life on Jupiter's moon Europa (nature.com)
After decades of dreaming of Jupiter’s moon Europa — and the vast ocean that probably lies beneath its icy surface — scientists are now weeks away from sending a spacecraft there.
Space Exploration, Jupiter, Europa, Moons, Science
4 points by gmays 254 days ago | 0 comments
New telescope images of Jupiter's moon Io rival those from spacecraft (phys.org)
Space Exploration, Astronomy, Jupiter, Moons
183 points by wglb 354 days ago | 55 comments