Earlier this year, researchers discovered that a vast liquid ocean lurks beneath the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon, Mimas. Now the same team may have discovered how it was created. New research ...

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 ...

Now another moon appears to be secretly flooded. Saturn’s moon Mimas, known for its uncanny resemblance to the Star Wars Death Star, might harbor liquid water beneath its icy shell. If true ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the ...

On Jan. 4, Saturn briefly hid behind the crescent moon, escaping the view of skywatchers in Europe, Africa, western Russia ...

Mimas' Surprise: Tiny Moon of Saturn Holds Young Ocean Beneath Icy Shell Feb. 7, 2024 — Saturn's moon Mimas harbors a global ocean beneath its icy shell, discovered through analysis of its orbit ...

Plus: Saturn’s moon Iapetus is visible, our Moon passes the bright star Spica, and Mars skims south of Pollux in Gemini in ...

NASA Voyager 1 probe discovers Saturn’s moon, Epimetheus. Saturn would be the last planet Voyager 1 would visit before ...

Blue skies on a golden planet, and two of our solar system's greatest extremes – Saturn is a planet of contrasts and surprises. This image, one of 77 photographs that appeared in Otherworlds: Visions ...

The new image ... Evidence That Saturn's Moon Mimas Is a Stealth Ocean World Jan. 31, 2023 — When a scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate ...

Twenty years ago, the Huygens probe achieved humanity's first landing on a moon in the outer solar system when it touched down on Titan.