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Daniel Pomarède (pomarede@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 06:34:35 JST Daniel Pomarède

One of Saturn’s smallest moons has a secret ocean
✍️ by Ashley Strickland for CNN
📷 an artist's illustration of Mimas in orbit around Saturn. The small moon resembles Star Wars' Death Star, thanks to a massive crater. Credit: Frédéric Durillon/Animea Studio/Observatoire de Paris - PSL, IMCCE

➡️ https://us.cnn.com/2024/02/07/world/mimas-hidden-ocean-moon-nasa-scn/index.html
#mimas #ocean #saturn #moon #nasa #cassini #geology #astronomy #astrophysics #astrodon #space #science #research #discovery #news #STEM #observatoire #paris #starwars #deathstar
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2. Saturn’s ‘Death Star’ moon is hiding an internal ocean, scientists say | CNN
  
  from Ashley Strickland
  
  A deep ocean exists beneath the icy, cratered surface of Saturn’s moon Mimas, according to a new analysis of data from NASA’s Cassini mission.

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