"That's why Cassini did not find anything at the surface of Mimas." However, that doesn't mean Cassini, which spent 13 years in Saturn's system before purposefully crashing into the gas giant in ...

Using data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn and its moons for 13 years, astronomers confirmed that Mimas has an ocean beneath an ice layer 20-30 km thick. They also estimated ...

Cassini studied Saturn and its moons for more than a decade before crashing into the planet in 2017. By taking a closer look at Mimas' orbit, they were able to find evidence pointing to a hidden ...

Mimas (397 kilometers, 247 miles across) is seen here against the backdrop created by the shadow of the dense B ring. Above Mimas and the B ring shadow can be seen the broad gap of the Cassini ...

Feb. 7, 2024 — Saturn's moon Mimas harbors a global ocean beneath its icy shell, discovered through analysis of its orbit by Cassini spacecraft data. This ocean formed just 5-15 million years ...

The American-led Cassini space mission to Saturn has just come to a spectacular end. Controllers had commanded the probe to destroy itself by plunging into the planet's atmosphere. It survived for ...

The dark shadows of Mimas and Tethys are also visible on ... This view of the dark Cassini Division, which separates Saturn’s outer A-ring from the inner B-ring, was taken on August 23, 1981 ...

Saturn’s innermost moon ‘Mimas’ might have been hiding an internal ocean. The evidence comes from NASA’s Cassini mission that explored Saturn and its moons for a decade. An internal ocean ...

But NASA 's Cassini mission, which orbited and studied Saturn for over a decade, detected an unexpected oscillation in Mimas's rotation. As it spins on its axis, Mimas wobbles slightly.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Planetary scientists don’t care about Mimas, Saturn’s smallest moon.

Cassini Imaging Team/SSI/JPL/ESA/NASA Mimas: The "Star Wars" moon is a favourite among Saturn fans Knowing the mass was a key piece in the puzzle for researchers. From Cassini's other instruments ...