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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon, Mimas, may be hiding a liquid water ocean

Saturn's moon, Mimas, appears to be harbouring a secret. Although once thought to be just a solid ball of ice, researchers have found evidence of an ocean deep under its surface. Mimas has already ...
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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an ocean scientists never believed could exist

An illustration shows Saturn's moon Mimas with the gas giant and Enceladus in the background. Astronomers have discovered that a tiny moon of Saturn, named Mimas, may harbor a hidden liquid ocean ...
Newsweek

Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon Might Be Hiding a Secret Ocean

Scientists have found that one of Saturn's moons might be harboring an ocean of water beneath its icy surface. This ocean is thought to be fairly young on a cosmic timescale and only got close to the ...
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How one impact turned Mimas into the Death Star moon

Mimas, one of Saturn’s smaller moons, gained its nickname after astronomers noticed a massive crater dominating its surface.
Ars Technica

Saturn’s tiny moon Mimas seems to have an ocean, too

The once-exclusive club of Solar System objects that host oceans is getting increasingly crowded. On Wednesday, Nature released a paper providing evidence that Saturn's moon Mimas has a subsurface ...
CBS News

It looks like the "Death Star" — but Saturn's tiny frozen moon could actually be a "stealth" ocean world, scientists say

One of NASA's latest discoveries could change the definition of what planetary objects aside from Earth will be considered "potentially habitable." Researchers have found that Saturn's tiny, frozen ...
Futurism

Could Mimas' Wobble Tell Us What Lies Beneath Its Surface?

Using instruments aboard the Cassini spacecraft to measure the wobbles of Mimas, the closest of Saturn's regular moons, a Cornell University astronomer publishing in Science, Oct. 17, has inferred ...
Astronomy

Evidence grows for a young ocean lurking under Mimas’ surface

In the search for oases of liquid water in the solar system, Saturn’s diminutive moon Mimas would not have appeared high on many astronomers’ lists. Its icy crust has a dead, inert surface, pocked ...
The Independent

Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon could have an internal ocean full of water, study finds

Mimas – the tiny, innermost moon of Saturn that bears resemblance to the Death Star from Star Wars – may have an internal sub-surface ocean, a new study has suggested. The new research, published in ...
Daily Mail

Saturn's moon Mimas may be hiding a 'stealth' ocean buried beneath almost 20 miles of ice, study finds

Saturn's moon Mimas is covered in 20 mile thick ice, but astronomers now believe there is a 'stealth ocean' buried deep beneath its thick frozen surface. Mimas, the closest of Saturn's 'large' moons, ...
CNET

Saturn 'Death Star moon' Mimas might be hiding an ocean

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. A study ...