PASADENA, Calif. — The highest-resolution-yet temperature map and images of Saturn’s icy moon Mimas obtained by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft reveal surprising patterns on the surface of the small moon, ...

It may be the smallest of Saturn's major moons, but Mimas still had a surprise inside for researchers. Saturn's moon, Mimas, appears to be harbouring a secret. Although once thought to be just a solid ...

Saturn's moon Mimas, famously nicknamed the "Death Star" because of its giant cratered surface, may have a hidden ocean under its icy shell. While the moon looks geologically dead, a slight wobble in ...

Astronomers have discovered evidence of a subsurface ocean under the icy abyss of Saturn’s mini moon, Mimas, which resembles the Star Wars Death Star. After using observations from NASA’s Cassini ...

Researchers say the unlikely discovery could help them better understand buried oceans on frozen moons — and maybe life beyond Earth. In this view captured by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on its ...