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The Solar System's 8 Ocean Worlds

Confirmed and suspected liquid-water oceans beyond Earth — the map of astrobiology's future.

01
Earth

The control sample

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02 Europa

Confirmed-in-all-but-name global ocean · Strong Evidence

03 Enceladus

Confirmed ocean, sampled via plumes

04 Titan

Water ocean at depth (Strong Evidence) + surface methane seas (Confirmed)

05 Ganymede

Salty ocean via aurora evidence · Strong Evidence

06 Callisto

Possible deep ocean · Hypothesis

07 Triton

Possible ammonia-water ocean · Hypothesis

08 Pluto

Possible subsurface ocean · Hypothesis

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