Scientists find evidence of secret ocean on Saturn’s moon Mimas

Scientists find evidence of secret ocean on Saturn’s moon Mimas

  • A team of Scientists at Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in the US have discovered an underground ocean buried beneath the surface of the ‘Death Star’-like moon of Saturn, named Mimas.
  • The new discovery would help the scientists in better understanding Saturn’s rings and pave the way for further investigation towards possible signs of life on the planet.
  • If the discovery turns out to be true, Mimas ocean will represent a new class of small, ‘stealth’ ocean worlds.
  • This report was published recently in the  journal Icarus.

Points to remember:

  1. Mimas is a moon of which planet?

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