Saturn’s moon Mimas may look like the Death Star from the “Star Wars” saga, but it has a secret that makes it even more fascinating. Scientists have found evidence of a vast ocean of liquid ...

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 ...

The appearance of one of Saturn's smallest moons lends ... third of the way across the face of the moon, spawning its comparison to the famous Death Star space station in the fictional "Star ...

In this episode, Dave Eicher invites you to observe the Moon passing by Saturn on the evening of December 7. Both objects at ...

Mimas is a small moon of Saturn, often compared to the Death Star from Star Wars, thanks to its large, distinct crater. Scientists have long believed that Mimas is an inert ball of ice because of ...

A waning crescent moon will creep closer and closer to Spica until the star's light is extinguished in the blink of an eye on ...

Discovered by William Herschel in 1789, Saturn’s icy moon Mimas is 246 miles in diameter ... This crater makes Mimas look rather like the famous Death Star space station in the 1977 movie Star Wars.

Saturn will almost certainly attract attention even from casual viewers who might wonder, "What's that bright star?" as it slowly appears to glide above the moon. After closest approach ...

Scientists have discovered that the icy shell of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, could possess an insulated, six-mile-thick (9.7-kilometer-thick) layer of methane ice beneath its surface. Ironically, ...