Saturn's eerie moon Mimas has been known only for its resemblance to Star Wars' Death Star until now. But now, a new study reveals that there might be more to the icy celestial object than previously believed, although it might not seem so at first glance.
"When you look at Enceladus and Europa, there's clearly an engine in these moons that is running," Alyssa Rhoden, a planetary scientist who researches ocean worlds, said to Mashable. "When you look at Mimas it's the opposite — it can't possibly be an ocean world."
Or can it?
Rhoden and her colleagues released new research where they spotted the possibility of the moon hiding an ocean world.
This isn't entirely shocking news since methane geysers were previously discovered on Enceladus, one of Saturn's moons. These indicated the possibility of life on the faraway celestial object.
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