Mimas
Even Tiny Mimas Seems to Have an Internal Ocean of Liquid Water
Data from the Cassini mission keeps fuelling discoveries. The latest discovery is that Saturn's tiny moon Mimas may have an…
A beautiful picture of Saturn’s heavily-cratered moon Mimas, processed by @kevinmgill
The Cassini mission to Saturn took many images of Mimas, one of the smallest moons in the solar system. And…
Mimas Pushes Through Saturn’s Rings Like a Snowplow
Saturn's moon Mimas is the smallest of the gas giant's major moons. (Saturn has 62 moons, but some of them…
Last Look At Mimas For A Long Time
The Cassini probe recently snapped its last up-close imagines of Saturn's moon Mimas, which were used to create some impressive…
What Did Cassini Teach Us?
In just a few months, NASA's Cassini spacecraft is going to die, crashing into the planet Saturn. Let's look back…
How Do We Terraform Saturn’s Moons?
Within the Saturn system, there are many moons which could present the opportunity terraforming. But to do so presents many…
Saturn’s “Death-Star” Moon Mimas
Much has been learned about Saturn's system of moons in recent decades, thanks to the Voyager missions and the more…
Saturn’s Moon Tethys
Thanks the Voyager missions and the more recent flybys conducted by the Cassini space probe, Saturn's system of moons have…
Saturn Smackdown! Icy Moons Burned By Radiation And Ions
If you hang out in Saturn's intense magnetic environment for a while, it's going to leave a mark. That's one…
‘Death Star’ Ocean? Seven Moons That Could Host Huge Hidden Liquid Reservoirs
Could there be an ocean hidden somewhere in that Death Star-like picture? This is an image of Mimas, a moon…