The research, published in Nature Astronomy, indicates the outer crust of Ceres could be 90% ice, contrary to the general belief that the dwarf planet consisted of less than 30% ice.

With a 5-mile (8 kilometers) resolution and 21-day path covering most of the planet, just one year of data from SWOT gives a clearer picture of the ocean floor than 30 years of data collectively ...

The most likely reason (when combined with other observation) for seeing 1000 times more of the chemical DMS would be that exoplanet K2-18B is an ocean planet teeming with life. This ocean filled with ...

This is the result of a sunglint, where sunlight bounces off the sea and directly back to an observing instrument in space. This can transform large patches of the ocean into swirling silver mirrors .

The observations were made by the European Space Agency's (ESA) Swarm constellation, which consists of three satellites circling the planet in low Earth orbit at altitudes between 287 and 318 ...

Ocean mud locks up much of the planet's carbon—we're digging deep to map these ancient stores. ... and space with over 100,000 subscribers who rely on Phys.org for daily insights.

Planet Earth Only 0.001% of deep ocean has ever been explored by ... merging in 'Earth's highest battleground' are part of a major anomaly scientists don't fully understand — Earth from space. 4.