A lander from a Japanese company has entered orbit around the moon ahead of a landing attempt next month.

Because Mimas is losing heat as its orbit becomes less eccentric over time, refreezing — which is only just beginning on Mimas — will cause the overlying ice to crack.

Because Mimas is losing heat as its orbit becomes less eccentric over time, refreezing — which is only just beginning on Mimas — will cause the overlying ice to crack.

Because Mimas is losing heat as its orbit becomes less eccentric over time, refreezing — which is only just beginning on Mimas — will cause the overlying ice to crack.

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered?

Slight changes in the orbit of Saturn’s moon Mimas hint at the presence of a vast, young ocean beneath the satellite’s icy surface that may have formed between 5 million and 50 million years ...

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

Astronomers have discovered evidence of a subsurface ocean under the icy abyss of Saturn’s mini moon, Mimas, which resembles the Star Wars Death Star.

Of Course, the Death Star Moon has a Stealth Ocean Lainey and his colleagues studied old data from NASA’s Cassini mission (RIP), which had carefully tracked subtle changes in Mimas’s orbit ...

One of at least 146 moons orbiting Saturn, Mimas is notable for its unusual motion: The planet-facing side of the moon rocks back and forth during orbit.