Now another moon appears to be secretly flooded. Saturn’s moon Mimas, known for its uncanny resemblance to the Star Wars ...

Earlier this year, researchers discovered that a vast liquid ocean lurks beneath the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon, Mimas. Now the same team may have discovered how it was created. New research ...

Discovered by William Herschel in 1789, Saturn’s icy moon Mimas is 246 miles in diameter and orbits just outside the visible rings. It has an enormous impact crater, discovered in 1980 and named in ...

Planetary scientists don’t care about Mimas, Saturn’s smallest moon. Sure, its massive Herschel crater might make it look like the “Death Star” space station from Star Wars, but it’s ...

Scientists think that one of Saturn's moons may be hiding an ocean under its icy surface. They believe liquid water formed on Mimas - the planet's smallest and innermost moon - somewhere between ...

Feb. 7, 2024 — Saturn's moon Mimas harbors a global ocean beneath its icy shell, discovered through analysis of its orbit by Cassini spacecraft data. This ocean formed just 5-15 million years ...

Recent findings from data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal the presence of a vast ocean beneath the icy surface of Saturn's moon Mimas. Mimas, known for its resemblance to the "Death ...

Another moon, previously assumed to be a barren ice rock, might join their ranks. Mimas is a small moon of Saturn, often compared to the Death Star from Star Wars, thanks to its large, distinct ...

Saturn’s innermost moon ‘Mimas’ might have been hiding an internal ocean. The evidence comes from NASA’s Cassini mission that explored Saturn and its moons for a decade. An internal ocean ...

Cassini Imaging Team/SSI/JPL/ESA/NASA Mimas: The "Star Wars" moon is a favourite among Saturn fans Knowing the mass was a key piece in the puzzle for researchers. From Cassini's other instruments ...

Blue skies on a golden planet, and two of our solar system's greatest extremes – Saturn is a planet of contrasts and surprises. This image, one of 77 photographs that appeared in Otherworlds: Visions ...

Astronomers have found the best evidence yet of a vast, young ocean beneath the icy exterior of Saturn’s Death Star lookalike mini moon. The French-led team analyzed changes in Mimas’ orbit ...