The New Horizons (NH) flyby of the Pluto–Charon binary planet and its system of four small
surrounding satellites in mid-2015 revolutionized our knowledge of this distant planet and its …

Abstract Many icy Solar System bodies possess subsurface oceans. On Pluto, Sputnik
Planitia's location near the equator suggests the presence of a subsurface ocean and a …

Water content and the internal evolution of terrestrial planets and icy bodies are closely
linked. The distribution of water in planetary systems is controlled by the temperature …

The deep nitrogen-covered basin on Pluto, informally named Sputnik Planitia, is located
very close to the longitude of Pluto's tidal axis and may be an impact feature, by analogy with …

New Horizon's accurate determination of the sizes and densities of Pluto and Charon now
permit precise internal models of both bodies to be constructed. Assuming differentiated rock …

The open‐source PlanetProfile framework was developed to investigate the interior structure
of icy moons based on collectively matching their observed properties and comparative …

Pluto is an astoundingly diverse, geologically dynamic world. The dominant feature is
Sputnik Planitia—a tear-drop-shaped topographic depression approximately 1,000 …

Pluto is thought to possess a present-day ocean beneath a thick ice shell. It has generally
been assumed that Pluto accreted from cold material and then later developed its ocean due …

We use an existing thermal evolution model to assess the plausibility of subsurface oceans
on the moons of Uranus. We adopt a conservative approach neglecting tidal heating and …

In Lammer et al.(2024), we defined Earth-like habitats (EHs) as rocky exoplanets within the
habitable zone of complex life (HZCL) on which Earth-like N2-O2-dominated atmospheres …