Uranus moon Miranda may have hiding liquid water say scientists

Scientists from all over the world have been searching for the moons of the planets of our solar system for many years. One thing is common in all discoveries and that is the discovery of water in these moon. Whether it is the search for water in the planet Europa of Jupiter or the expectation of water in the Moon Miranda of remote Uranus. Recently, scientists have admitted that a ocean may be hidden below the snowy surface of Miranda. If this happens, it will change the attitude of the search for life on other planets.

Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) planetary scientist Tom Nordhem and his colleagues have researched the Miranda Moon. Researchers have suggested that the small moon of Uranus must have been a deep liquid water ocean below the surface of Miranda, after a study on images taken from the Voyager 2 Spacekraft.

The special thing is that the Voyager 2 Spacecraft passed by Miranda in the year 1986. Then he took pictures of its southern hemisphere. In the pictures, many things came to know about Miranda’s researchers like- there are bumpy slopes and pit areas.

According to a TOI report, Miranda is about 300 miles wide. Its surface is quite interesting. It has deep valleys. There are high peaks and also strange patterns. This provides anticipation that there will be some different decrease in the past. It is also possible that he has a hidden ocean below the snowy surface.

Miranda is located far away our sun and is very cold. Despite this, there may be an ocean between its surface. The reason for this is tidal heating. In this situation, friction is produced in Miranda due to the gravity of Uranus and other close Moon. Heat is formed by that. It can keep an ocean so hot that water is present in liquid form.

However, all this is theory. For strong evidence, space agencies will have to send missions to Miranda.