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A new paper by French astronomers out Thursday claims a so-called "Death Star" moon of Saturn may in fact be hiding a large liquid sea beneath its icy surface with the condition to support life.
PARIS Saturn’s small moon Mimas seems an unlikely suspect in the hunt for life in Earth’s backyard it is probably best known for looking like the “Death Star” in the Star Wars films.But scientists said on Wednesday that underneath the unassuming moon’s icy shell is a vast hidden ocean that has many of the ingredients necessary to host primitive alien life.Mimas is the