Mimas, one of Saturn’s smaller moons, gained its nickname after astronomers noticed a massive crater dominating its surface.

Saturn's innermost moon, which resembles the Death Star from Star Wars, may be a "stealth" ocean world, according to new research. Mimas, which is the smallest and closest to Saturn of the ringed ...

On Sept. 17, 1789, the British astronomer William Herschel discovered Saturn's "Death Star" moon, Mimas. Of course, "Star Wars" wasn't a thing at the time, and no one had ever heard of something ...

"It would be hard, but may be doable." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The case for a newborn ocean on Saturn's moon Mimas ...

So were the words uttered by Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi when he gazed upon the doomsday weapon, the Death Star, in 1977’s “Star Wars,” later subtitled “Episode IV: A New Hope.” The spherical ...

Researchers from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) set out to prove that Saturn's innermost moon Mimas didn't have any water. Instead, they found evidence that it has a "stealth" subsurface ...

Saturn's moons Mimas (right) and Janus appear to hang silently in space as they orbit their ringed parent planet in this stunning photo from NASA's Cassini spacecraft at Saturn. The outer edge of ...

Saturn’s “Death Star”-like moon Mimas may have a boiling ocean under its icy shell. The moon pitted with craters—including a very large one, giving it its nickname—may appear to be geologically dead, ...