Ocean Worlds

The ocean (also known as the sea or the world ocean) is a body of salt water that covers approximately 70.8% of the Earth and contains 97% of Earth's water.

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New Study Advances Understanding of Habitability of Ocean Worlds within Solar System and Beyond

Towards Autonomous Surface Missions on Ocean Worlds

Could Comets have Delivered the Building Blocks of Life to “Ocean Worlds” like Europa, Enceladus, and Titan too?

Hydrothermal vents on seafloors of ‘ocean worlds’ could support life, new study says

Ice shell thickness reveals water temperature on ocean worlds

Ocean Worlds Planetary Scientist Dr. Lynnae Quick

Digging deeper to find life on ocean worlds

Digging Deeper to Find Life on Ocean Worlds

Hubble, Webb Data Hint at Ocean Worlds

How ocean worlds could redefine the search for alien life

Phosphorus, Rare Building Block for Life, Discovered at Enceladus

Marine Science Goes to Space - Space and ocean scientists take a splash course in multidisciplinary science to chart our solar system’s ocean worlds

The hunt for habitable ocean worlds beyond our solar system

Study Sheds More Light on Icy Shells of Europa and Other Ocean Worlds