By Sakshi Sah
Published Oct 20, 2024

Hindustan Times
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6 stunning pics of cosmic ice: Frozen worlds across the solar system

The solar system has many frozen worlds filled with ice.

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Europa is a moon of Jupiter. It has a thick layer of ice covering a salty ocean underneath.

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Enceladus is a moon of Saturn. It has geysers that shoot ice and water into space from its surface.

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Triton is Neptune's largest moon. It has frozen nitrogen on its surface and geysers that erupt with dark material.

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Ceres is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt. It has bright spots made of salt and ice.

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Mars has polar ice caps made of water and dry ice. These caps grow and shrink with the seasons.

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Pluto has vast plains of nitrogen ice and ice mountains made of water.

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Ice on these worlds may hold clues to life beyond Earth. Scientists study it to learn more about our solar system.

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NASA has launched many missions to study these icy worlds, like the Galileo and New Horizons missions.

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Future missions will explore these frozen worlds further. They might help us find signs of life.

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