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New observations by the James Webb Space Telescope suggest that an icy moon around Uranus may have an underground liquid ocean.
Ariel is named after a character in William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest,” while Titania and Oberon are from his “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”” project, scientists used JWST to observe the four moons for 21 hours, searching for traces of ammonia, organic molecules, water and carbon dioxide ice. However, Ariel’s surface—which has canyons, grooves and smooth regions—was found to contain carbon dioxide ice, particularly on the side of the moon that faces away from the direction it orbits.Richard Cartwright, lead author, from the John Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, Maryland. “You’ve got to get down to 30 kelvins before carbon monoxide is stable.” Ariel’s surface temperature averages around 65 degrees Fahrenheit warmer.
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