The eerie moon is believed to have liquid water 14 to 20 miles below its icy shell. 🌒 engineering
This isn't entirely shocking news since , one of Saturn's moons. These indicated the possibility of life on the faraway celestial object.Mimas' orbit around Saturn takes just 22 hours and 36 minutes and creates a process called"tidal heating." In other ocean worlds like Europa, tidal heating produces enough of a rise in temperature to allow for water to exist.
Rhoden and her team had previously noticed a tiny wobble in Mimas' orbit around Saturn and had deduced that an icy sea sloshing inside Mimas could be the source of this movement. This led the scientists to question whether the tidal heating might have been able to melt enough ice inside Mimas to create a sea.
It's a hard balance to strike. There should not be too much heating or the water would evaporate. There should also not be too much cold or the water will remain frozen.Even though Rhoden and her team do not guarantee that oceans can exist on Mimas, they do say the possibility is there. Does that mean that life could also be present there? The answer to this question will only emerge with time and more research.
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