While Mimas and the Death Star resemble each other, there’s one big difference. The moon is 400 kilometers, or 250 miles, in diameter, according to EarthSky .

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.

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 ...

Saturn's Mimas moon resembles the Empire's Death Star station in the "Star Wars" franchise due to its gray, ... "Mimas would be the most unlikely place to look for the presence of a global ocean ...

Saturn’s Death Star-looking moon ... look for a global ocean — and liquid water more generally,” co-author Valery Lainey of the Paris Observatory said in an email. “So that looks like a ...

"It looks like a very rigid, cold satellite," he said. "You might say 'boring.'" Now the 250-mile-wide moon could give astronomers new insight into the early, primitive phases of ocean worlds.

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — 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 ...

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. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

An illustration shows Saturn's moon 'Death Star' moon Mimas with the gas giant and ... "I would emphasize that Mimas definitely doesn't look like the sort of object that could have ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have found the best evidence yet of a vast, young ocean beneath the icy exterior of Saturn’s Death Star lookalike mini moon.