"Surprising Discovery: Mimas, Saturn's 'Death Star' Moon, Harbors Hidden Ocean"
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Recent research suggests that Saturn's moon Mimas may have a subsurface ocean, based on tidal heating analysis and Cassini spacecraft data. The presence of an ocean inside Mimas could have implications for understanding the moon's interior structure and formation history.
- A recently formed ocean inside Saturn’s moon Mimas Nature.com
- Saturn's 'Death Star' moon has a hidden secret - a subsurface ocean Yahoo News
- Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon has hidden ocean under its crust, say scientists The Guardian
- Saturn's 'Death Star' Moon May Hide a Massive, Shockingly Young Ocean Scientific American
- Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an ocean scientists never believed could exist Space.com
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