‘SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT’ WITH SATURN'S ‘DEATH STAR’: LIFE-FRIENDLY UNDERGROUND OCEAN IN MIMAS? (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, October 18, 2014, 10:44

The Saturn moon Mimas (Reuters / NASA)

Mimas, one of Saturn’s moons (nicknamed ‘Death Star’) has a telltale wobble that leads scientists to believe the orb may have underground water ‒ or even a subterranean ocean ‒ according to a new study.

Astronomers from the US, France and Belgium focused on the interior of Saturn's icy moon Mimas, the smallest of Saturn’s main moons. They based their calculations on high-resolution photos of Mimas snapped by the Cassini spacecraft. The researchers concluded that either the frozen core is shaped like a football, or the celestial body contains water in a liquid state.

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