"Discovery: Saturn's 'Death Star' Moon Mimas Hides a Secret Ocean"

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"Discovery: Saturn's 'Death Star' Moon Mimas Hides a Secret Ocean"
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Scientists have discovered a newly formed ocean beneath the icy shell of Saturn's moon Mimas, resembling the Death Star from "Star Wars." This finding challenges previous assumptions about the moon's habitability and adds to the growing list of moons with subterranean oceans. The discovery, based on observations from NASA's Cassini spacecraft, suggests that Mimas' ocean is less than 25 million years old and still evolving, defying expectations for a celestial body of its kind.

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