DEATH STAR OCEAN WORLD: Mimas may be Saturn’s smallest moon — but it could be galaxy-changing. Scientists once thought the moon, whose giant crater indent makes it look like the “Star Wars” Death Star, was just a “frozen block of ice.” But now they believe it may be a “stealth” ocean world. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saturn-moon-mimas-death-star-ocean/ | CBS News

🌌 Mimas — the tiny Saturn moon with a big secret This is Mimas, a small, cratered moon that looks like a frozen rock. In 2024, a team re-analyzed Cassini tracking data and found strong evidence that Mimas hides a global ocean beneath its icy shell — about 20–30 kilometers under the surface — and that the ocean is young, likely less than 25 million years old. 🧪 How did they figure this out? Instead of looking for geysers or fractures, researchers modeled subtle changes in Mimas’s orbit and rota

Mimas es un satélite natural de Saturno, conocido por su cráter gigante Herschel, que le da una apariencia distintiva. Descubierto en 1781, Mimas tiene una superficie helada y craterizada, y su órbita lo lleva a experimentar fuerzas de marea que pueden generar calor interno y posible actividad geológica en su interior. #astronomia #cosmos #Ciencia #universo #telescopio | Boveda Celestial