Methane clathrate, or "methane hydrate," is a solid compound in which a large amount of methane is trapped within the crystalline structure of water, creating a solid similar to ice. Considering ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer of methane clathrate, which is solid water ice with methane gas trapped in ...

They were able to test how much the surface of the moon would relax and rebound after it was struck by an asteroid if its icy ...

A new study suggests that the planet’s icy interior and liquid ocean could be insulated with a three-to-six-mile-thick layer of methane clathrate, which is solid water ice with methane gas ...

In research published Sept. 30 in The Planetary Science Journal, a University of Hawaii-led team modeled the potential for methane clathrate (a kind of methane-infused water ice) in the crust of ...

The methane clathrate solves this: It would help keep the ice shell around Titan warm and convective, which also helps drive the methane cycle. A clathrate is a substance that can trap another ...

This allowed them to test how much the surface of Saturn's largest moon would relax and rebound after an asteroid impact if its icy shell were coated with an insulating layer of methane clathrate.

This allowed them to test how much the surface of Saturn's largest moon would relax and rebound after an asteroid impact if its icy shell were coated with an insulating layer of methane clathrate.