Our solar system is a pretty wild place, full of amazing stuff. From the giant Sun to the tiny rocks floating around, there’s ...

This summer, skywatchers will be treated to a rare spectacle visible from Earth: the shadow of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, ...

Mimas isn't the only moon that influences Saturn's rings. Enceladus spews material into one of the planet's rings, and earlier research suggests that at least part of the ring plane may have ...

The rocky moon, by contrast, bakes or chills in light and shadow. What's more, a lunar day-night cycle approximates an Earth month, so its surface is exposed to light and darkness for longer periods.

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.

In this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its closest-ever flyby of Saturn's moon Mimas, the large Herschel crater makes the moon look like the Death Star frm the movie Star Wars. New ...

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.

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, floating above the planet’s rings, might conceal a liquid ocean beneath its surface. Credit: NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute The outer solar system is awash with liquid ...

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.

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 ...