The icy Saturn moon Mimas may be a "stealth" ocean world, according to new research. "In the waning days of NASA's Cassini mission to Saturn, the spacecraft identified a curious libration, or ...

The outer solar system is awash with liquid water. A briny ocean is concealed beneath the icy crust of Jupiter’s fourth largest moon, Europa — with more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

Saturn’s moon Mimas appears to have a vast global ocean underneath its icy shell, according to close measurements of its orbit. If other icy worlds have similar oceans, it could increase the number of ...

One of NASA's latest discoveries could change the definition of what planetary objects aside from Earth will be considered "potentially habitable." Researchers have found that Saturn's tiny, frozen ...

Saturn’s innermost moon Mimas may be hiding a vast subsurface ocean locked away beneath its icy surface, according to the results of a new study. Mimas is but one of Saturn’s eclectic family of 63 ...

Saturn’s moon Mimas may have an ocean of liquid water beneath its icy crust, suggests a recent study. Icy moons with oceans locked away beneath miles of ice are turning out to be fairly common in our ...

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Ocean worlds are becoming a hot topic in the fields of planetary science and astrobiology, as Jupiter’s moon, Europa, and Saturn’s moon, Enceladus, could possibly host life within their watery depths.

The existence of another watery world in the outer solar system may offer clues to how such seas form—and hope for another spot to search for life. By Shannon Hall / Knowable Magazine Published Aug 10 ...

When a scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to support a liquid internal ocean, colleagues began studying Mimas' ...