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The existence of another watery world in the outer solar system may offer clues to how such seas form—and hope for another spot to search for life. By Shannon Hall / Knowable Magazine Published Aug 10 ...

The outer solar system is awash with liquid water. A briny ocean is concealed beneath the icy crust of Jupiter’s fourth largest moon, Europa — with more water than all of Earth’s oceans combined. A ...

An illustration shows Saturn's moon Mimas with the gas giant and Enceladus in the background. Astronomers have discovered that a tiny moon of Saturn, named Mimas, may harbor a hidden liquid ocean ...

Scientists have found that one of Saturn's moons might be harboring an ocean of water beneath its icy surface. This ocean is thought to be fairly young on a cosmic timescale and only got close to the ...

The once-exclusive club of Solar System objects that host oceans is getting increasingly crowded. On Wednesday, Nature released a paper providing evidence that Saturn’s moon Mimas has a subsurface ...

In the search for oases of liquid water in the solar system, Saturn’s diminutive moon Mimas would not have appeared high on many astronomers’ lists. Its icy crust has a dead, inert surface, pocked ...

Feb. 8 (UPI) --A new paper by French astronomers out Thursday claims Saturn's so-called "Death Star" moon may in fact be hiding a large liquid sea beneath its icy surface with the condition to support ...

image: False color images of Saturn's moon, Mimas, reveal variation in either the composition or texture across its surface. During its approach to Mimas on August 2, 2005, the Cassini narrow angle ...

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When a scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate the right amount of heat to support a liquid internal ocean, colleagues began studying Mimas' ...

False color images of Saturn's moon, Mimas, reveal variation in either the composition or texture across its surface. During its approach to Mimas on August 2, 2005, the Cassini narrow angle camera ...