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submitted 1 month ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

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.”

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[-] theacharnian@lemmy.ca 56 points 1 month ago

Well that's a convenient naming coincidence.

[-] runeko@programming.dev 24 points 1 month ago

Unnnder de iiiiiiice. Unnnder de iiiiice. ...

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago

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

[-] lolrightythen@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yes, but they also should have written "water world"

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 19 points 1 month ago

Guys we just gotta change it.

Think of when we one day meet aliens. They're gonna be like

"Ok I get it was a mythological name originally but your language shifted into a global standard, and the name clashed with the name of your waste orifice. And you didn't change it. What the hell y'all"

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago

I thought the aliens were into butt stuff.

[-] essell@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)
[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It's around Uranus but it isn't big and gassy?

Still, we should probably head out there to wipe out the Klingons.

Edit: I stand by my slightly rephrased MST3K reference!

[-] duckman@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago
[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

So, is there a ring of debris around Uranus?

[-] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Those aren't mountains....

[-] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

That's no moon.

[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 3 points 1 month ago

Ocean world? I hardly know er!

[-] ganksy@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

Just say it! I have a big, fat watery ass!

this post was submitted on 19 Aug 2024
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