🌌 Mimas — the tiny Saturn moon with a big secret This is Mimas, a small, cratered moon that looks like a frozen rock. In 2024, a team re-analyzed Cassini tracking data and found strong evidence that Mimas hides a global ocean beneath its icy shell — about 20–30 kilometers under the surface — and that the ocean is young, likely less than 25 million years old. 🧪 How did they figure this out? Instead of looking for geysers or fractures, researchers modeled subtle changes in Mimas’s orbit and rota

Mimas, Saturn's moon, has surprised scientists with the discovery of a global ocean beneath its surface, estimated to be only 5 to 15 million years old. | The Weather Channel | Facebook

Do you know about the Death Star Moon? Saturn’s moon Mimas is known for looking like the Death Star from Star Wars, but recent studies have revealed something new about this moon. It has a hidden ocean beneath the surface, and scientists estimate that half of Mimas’ volume is liquid water! #StarWars #Moon #Saturn #Space #DeathStar | Museum of Science, Boston

28K views · 98 reactions | DEATH STAR OCEAN WORLD: Mimas may be Saturn’s smallest moon — but it could be galaxy-changing. Scientists once thought the moon, whose giant crater indent makes it look like the “Star Wars” Death Star, was just a “frozen block of ice.” But now they believe it may be a “stealth” ocean world. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saturn-moon-mimas-death-star-ocean/ | CBS News | Facebook