A moon that resembles an iconic, fictional space station known to destroy planets may be a home for life beyond Earth.

In this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, the large Herschel crater makes the moon look like the Death Star frm the movie Star Wars. New ...

Of course, "Star Wars" wasn't a thing at the time, and no one had ever heard of something called a "Death Star." But there's no denying that this moon looks just like it.

A moon of Saturn that bears a striking resemblance to Star Wars' Death Star has been holding a secret — and it's not the Galactic Empire's favorite world-obliterating space weapon. Mimas, one of ...

That's because, at first appearance, Mimas — nicknamed the ' Death Star ' because a large crater means it resembles the Empire's space station in Star Wars — doesn't look like the kind of body ...

Saturn's 'Death Star' moon has a hidden ocean under its surface, scientists say French researchers cited observations made by NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Astronomers have found the best evidence yet of a vast, young ocean beneath the icy exterior of Saturn’s Death Star lookalike mini moon.

ASTRONOMERS have uncovered that one of Saturn’s smallest moons may harbor a liquid ocean. Dubbed Mimas, the Saturnian moon features a heavily cratered surface resembling Star Wars’s Dea… ...

Nation World Saturn's Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean The findings open up the possibility of water — and life — at seemingly sterile moons.

A new study of Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas finds evidence of a young, underground ocean that may be hospitable to early forms of life.