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![a small rocky moon with a large crater on its surface orbits a ringed planet](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/d24fsa9UAazRNCreEidNHE-320-80.png)
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have gotten huge buried ocean from ringed planet's powerful pull
By Robert Lea published
"We may be seeing Mimas at a particularly interesting time."
![An illustration shows Saturn's moon Mimas with the gas giant and Enceladus in the background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/ALJkpdFbXKKiGKBAsTbrRC-320-80.png)
Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas may have an ocean scientists never believed could exist
By Robert Lea published
Astronomers have made a shock discovery that Saturn's moon Mimas seems to have a liquid ocean beneath its surface, potentially redefining our search for life on alien moons.
![a light grey moon with some craters against a black background.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/t4ULCaBLfRRABMTqBZ26hb-320-80.jpg)
Rhea: A guide to Saturn's 'rocky snowball' moon
By Robert Lea last updated
Reference Rhea, Saturn's second-largest moon, is a rocky snowball that has its own ring system and a weird "two-faced" surface.
![(Left) A view of saturn's moon Titan taken by cassini (Right) an illustration of the landscape of the large Saturnian moon](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/idkawmLWqGQ2tVTxpVdbJM-320-80.png)
Floating 'magic islands' on Saturn's moon Titan may be honeycomb-shaped snow
By Robert Lea published
On Saturn's largest moon, Titan, snows of organic compounds may form glacier-like honeycomb chunks in methane lakes, appearing as floating "magic islands."
![An illustration shows icy plumes blasting out from Saturn’s moon Enceladus.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/7VSZgXEXZnMuERGzvU4Sxi-320-80.jpg)
Finding life on Saturn's moon Enceladus might be easier than we thought
By Robert Lea published
Scientists know that the vital ingredients needed for life lurk in oceans beneath the icy shell of Saturn’s moon Enceladus, and they may be closer to the surface than we knew.
![the top of a planetary body rises in black and white from the bottom. light illuminates streaks of geysers spewing from the surface near the top.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/oQeGZ3oKAFVtYA8s8GY2GT-320-80.jpg)
Saturn moon Enceladus harbors key ingredient for life
By Robert Lea published
NASA's Cassini mission, which ended six years ago, spotted a key ingredient needed for life as we know it on Saturn's icy moon Enceladus, a new study reports.
![Ice plumes shown shooting from Enceladus](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AZK9kRTnnqCHWrBMpitNbg-320-80.jpg)
Signs of life shooting from Saturn's moon Enceladus would be detectable by spacecraft, scientists say
By Rahul Rao published
Scientists believe possible amino acids in Enceladus' subsurface ocean can indeed be detected by spacecraft.
![41 Cassini observations were combined to create this image of Saturn's rings.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/nfnwkMpeCeWvysjXL84HiG-320-80.jpg)
Solar eclipses seen by long-dead Cassini spacecraft shed new light on Saturn's rings
By Conor Feehly published
Data from the deceased Cassini spacecraft offers astronomers an unconventional way to measure the optical depth of Saturn's rings.
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