New observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that an icy moon around Uranus may have an underground liquid ocean.

Ariel is one of 27 moons around Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun and the third largest planet in the solar system. It’s one of four moons that scientists have long been interested in as part of a search for water across the solar system, the others being Umbriel, Titania and Oberon.

Ariel is named after a character in William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” while Titania and Oberon are from his “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

  • acargitz
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    563 months ago

    Well that’s a convenient naming coincidence.

    • runeko
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      243 months ago

      Unnnder de iiiiiiice. Unnnder de iiiiice. …

      • Mister Neon
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        193 months ago

        Darling it’s bolder Down where it’s colder Take it from me

      • @lolrightythen
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        23 months ago

        Yes, but they also should have written “water world”