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Could Saturn’s Mimas Moon Hide a Secret Ocean? New Evidence Suggests It Might

Recent studies, including research from ScienceDirect, suggest that Saturn’s moon Mimas, known as the “Death Star” moon for ...
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Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull

"We may be seeing Mimas at a particularly interesting time." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Earlier this year, researchers ...
Anadolu Agency

Saturn’s moon Mimas may hide young ocean below its icy surface

New research suggests small, cratered moon may conceal liquid water beneath 12 - 19 miles of ice, reshaping what defines ...
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 ...
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Saturn's moon Mimas may have an ocean — and a future spacecraft could find it

The case for a newborn ocean on Saturn's moon Mimas continues to build.
The Virginian-Pilot

Saturn’s Death Star-looking moon may have vast underground ocean

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. The French-led team analyzed ...
Science Daily

Mimas' surprise: Tiny moon of Saturn holds young ocean beneath icy shell

Saturn's moon Mimas harbors a global ocean beneath its icy shell, discovered through analysis of its orbit by Cassini spacecraft data. This ocean formed just 5-15 million years ago, making Mimas a ...
New Scientist

Saturn’s moon Mimas may be hiding a vast global ocean under its ice

Saturn’s moon Mimas appears to have a vast global ocean underneath its icy shell, according to close measurements of its orbit. If other icy worlds have similar oceans, it could increase the number of ...
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Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ Moon Mimas Could Hide a Life-Supporting Ocean Beneath Its Surface

The outer solar system is awash with liquid water. A briny ocean is concealed beneath the icy crust of Jupiter’s fourth largest moon, Europa — with more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. A ...
Inverse

Saturn's "Death Star" Moon Mimas May Actually Be Packed Full of Water

Saturn’s moon Mimas may have an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust, suggests a recent study. Icy moons with oceans locked away beneath miles of ice are turning out to be fairly common in our ...
Nature

Mimas’s surprise ocean prompts an update of the rule book for moons

The detection of liquid water oceans under the icy surfaces of outer Solar System moons suggests that these moons could provide abodes for life under conditions that differ markedly from those on ...
Space.com

Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an ocean scientists never believed could exist

"The major finding is to discover habitability conditions on a solar system object which we would never, never expect to have liquid water. It's really astonishing." When you purchase through links on ...