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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 ...

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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 ...

Mimas' heavily cratered surface (left) suggests a cold history, but its librations rule out a homogeneous interior. Rather, Mimas must have a rocky interior and outer hydrosphere, which could include ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Scientists have found that one of Saturn's moons might be harboring an ocean of water beneath its icy surface. This ocean ...

Saturn's moon Mimas has a giant impact crater, named Hershel, that stretches across a third of its surface and makes it resemble the "Death Star" from Star Wars. NASA / JPL / Space Science Institute ...

In the search for oases of liquid water in the solar system, Saturn’s diminutive moon Mimas would not have appeared high on many astronomers’ lists. Its icy crust has a dead, inert surface, pocked ...

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 ...

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The appearance of one of Saturn's smallest moons lends it the nickname "Death Star," but astronomers say new evidence suggests the world is, in fact, home to an ingredient vital for life: water. And ...