Is Saturn hiding a Death Star?

NASA photo highlights moon that bears a striking resemblance to "Star Wars" space station

Is Saturn hiding a Death Star?

NASA photo highlights moon that bears a striking resemblance to "Star Wars" space station

In 1977's "Star Wars," Obi-Wan Kenobi famously sees the Empire's massive battle station, the Death Star, while aboard the Millennium Falcon, uttering "that's no moon." One has to wonder what the Jedi knight would have thought if he saw Saturn's satellite Mimas. NASA on Monday highlighted a photo of the icy moon taken by the agency's Cassini spacecraft in October. The image strikes a remarkable resemblance to the Death Star, particularly the moon's 86-mile wide Herschel Crater, which nearly matches the fictional weapon's planet-destroying laser. According to NASA, Mimas' crater doesn't contain anything so sinister. The only thing poking from it is a mountain the size of Everest -- a common formation in large impact craters. For more on the Cassini mission, which is nearing its end, click here.

In 1977's "Star Wars," Obi-Wan Kenobi famously sees the Empire's massive battle station, the Death Star, while aboard the Millennium Falcon, uttering "that's no moon."

One has to wonder what the Jedi knight would have thought if he saw Saturn's satellite Mimas.

NASA on Monday of the icy moon taken by the agency's Cassini spacecraft in October. The image strikes a remarkable resemblance to the Death Star, particularly the moon's 86-mile wide Herschel Crater, which nearly matches the fictional weapon's planet-destroying laser.

According to NASA, Mimas' crater doesn't contain anything so sinister. The only thing poking from it is a mountain the size of Everest -- a common formation in large impact craters.

Shadows cast across Saturn's moon Mimas, highlighting its crater & the Mount Everest sized mountain that lies within
— NASA (@NASA)

For more on the Cassini mission, which is nearing its end, .

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