Earlier this year, researchers discovered that a vast liquid ocean lurks beneath the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon, Mimas. Now the same team may have discovered how it was created. New research ...

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today.

Mimas' Surprise: Tiny Moon of Saturn Holds Young Ocean Beneath Icy Shell Feb. 7, 2024 — Saturn's moon Mimas harbors a global ocean beneath its icy shell, discovered through analysis of its orbit ...

A timelapse of all of the photographs the Cassini space probe has taken of Saturn's moon Mimas from Feb. 6, 2004 to Sept. 15, 2015. Note: These sequences at times include rapid flashing.

A startling silhouette of Saturn is created in this Cassini spacecraft portrait. A kingly crescent Saturn rests on the right of this Cassini spacecraft portrait while the moon Mimas appears above the ...

Take advantage of a nocturne at Les Étincelles in the Palais de la découverte to observe the sky and Mimas, Saturn's ...

This image, one of 77 photographs that appeared in Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System, shows the diminutive moon Mimas transiting across Saturn's northern latitudes, with long shadows cast by ...