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Saturn's moon Mimas, photographed by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute; Cassini

Boiling oceans? New study points to violent geology on icy moons

A study published in Nature Astronomy shows how the cyclical melting and condensation of ice shells on small moons like Mimas, Enceladus and Miranda change the pressure above their hidden oceans – to the point of boiling.