Discovered by William Herschel in 1789, Saturn’s icy moon Mimas is 246 miles in diameter and orbits just outside the visible rings. It has an enormous impact crater, discovered in 1980 and named in ...

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 ...

They believe liquid water formed on Mimas - the planet's smallest and innermost moon - somewhere between five to 15 million years ago. This would make it much younger than Earth's oceans which are ...

Saturn’s innermost moon ‘Mimas’ might have been hiding an internal ocean. The evidence comes from NASA’s Cassini mission that explored Saturn and its moons for a decade. An internal ocean ...

Recent findings from data collected by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal the presence of a vast ocean beneath the icy surface of Saturn's moon Mimas. Mimas, known for its resemblance to the "Death ...