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 ...

Saturn’s innermost moon Mimas, which resembles the Death Star from Star Wars thanks to a giant crater, may be a “stealth” ocean world, containing a hidden ocean beneath a thick shell of ice.

Saturn's moon Mimas is a battered satellite with a huge crater that makes it look like Death Star from Star Wars. Here's a close-up look at Mimas from NASA's Cassini spacecraft.

Saturn's tiny frozen "Death Star" moon could actually be a "stealth" ocean world, scientists say 01:49. One of NASA's latest discoveries could change the definition of what planetary objects aside ...

Mimas is an icy moon that’s 246 miles wide and whose most distinctive feature is the 88-mile-wide Herschel crater – a giant Cyclops-like indentation that makes the moon resemble the planet- ...

A deep ocean exists beneath the icy, cratered surface of Saturn’s moon Mimas, according to a new analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini mission.

Mimas looks much like our Moon, with a heavily cratered surface. It didn’t host any crisscrossing lines or broken pieces like Europa. And it certainly wasn’t spewing geysers like Enceladus.

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, similar seas could be hiding in plain sight, ...

An illustration shows Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas with the gas giant and Enceladus in the background. — Nasa/File Scientists have found evidence that Mimas, a tiny moon of Saturn, might ...

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 ...

Saturn and its north polar hexagon dwarf Mimas as the moon peeks over the planet's limb. Saturn's A ring also makes an appearance on the far right. Image released March 18, 2013.