“Stealth” Ocean Worlds: Evidence Uncovered for an Internal Ocean in Small Saturn Moon
Discovery could point to a new class of “stealth” ocean worlds. A Southwest Research Institute scientist set out to prove that the tiny, innermost moon…
Mimas News
Inward Migration of Mimas Helped Shape Saturn’s Rings
The Solar System’s second largest planet both in mass and size, Saturn is best known for its rings. These are divided by a wide band,…
Cassini Spacecraft Made Its Final Close Approach to Saturn’s Moon Mimas
This image is from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft as it made its final close approach to Saturn’s moon Mimas. In its season of “lasts,” NASA’s Cassini…
Cassini Spacecraft Views Mimas’ Gigantic Crater
This newly released Cassini image shows Mimas’ gigantic crater Herschel near the moon’s limb. A big enough impact could potentially break up a moon. Luckily…
Cassini Views Mimas’ Mountain
This newly released Cassini image shows Herschel Crater on Saturn’s Moon Mimas, revealing an indication of the size of the crater’s towering walls and central…
New Cassini Image Shows a Tiny Mimas, Huge Saturn Rings
In this new image from the Cassini Spacecraft, Saturn’s icy moon Mimas is dwarfed by the planet’s enormous rings. Because Mimas (near lower left) appears…
Long Divisions – New Cassini Image of Saturn and Mimas
This newly released image form the Cassini Spacecraft shows Saturn and Mimas. The shadow of Saturn on the rings, which stretched across all of the…
New Cassini Image of Saturn’s Moons Janus and Mimas
A newly released image of Saturn’s moons Janus and Mimas from the Cassini Spacecraft. Saturn’s moons Janus and Mimas coast in their silent orbits beyond…
Three Times the Fun: New Cassini Image of Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas
This newly released Cassini image shows Saturn’s moons Tethys, Enceladus and Mimas. Three of Saturn’s moons — Tethys, Enceladus, and Mimas — are captured in…
New Cassini Image of Saturn’s Moons Mimas and Pandora
This NASA image of the day shows Saturn’s moons Mimas and Pandora. Although Mimas and Pandora, shown here, both orbit Saturn, they are very different…
Cassini Views “The Great Eye” of Saturn’s Moon Mimas
Taken by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, this image reveals the 130-kilometer-wide impact crater on Saturn’s moon Mimas. The great eye of Saturn’s moon Mimas, a 130-kilometer-wide…
Saturn’s Moon Mimas May Have a Liquid Water Ocean Beneath the Surface
New data from NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft reveal that Saturn’s moon Mimas may have a liquid water ocean beneath the moon’s impact-battered surface. A new study…
Crescent Mimas – Cassini Views Saturn’s Moon Mimas
This Cassini spacecraft image shows a thin sliver of Saturn’s moon Mimas. A thin sliver of Mimas is illuminated, the long shadows showing off its…
Dot Against the Dark – New Image of Saturn’s Moon Mimas
This newly released image from the Cassini spacecraft shows Saturn’s moon Mimas. As if trying to get our attention, Mimas is positioned against the shadow…
