On the left is the Death Star from Star wars. On the right is Mimas, one of the moons of Saturn.
In Greek mythology Saturn was the leader of the Titans. Mimas was a Titan, who had serpents for legs and was born fully armoured. He was killed by a volley of molten iron by Hephaestus, the God of technology during the "Clash of the Titans" with the Olympian Gods.
In March the Cassini spacecraft in orbit around Saturn caught this view of Mimas.
The probe measured temperature differences across the Moon's surface. Scientists don't know why the texture of the surface makes this shape, however they are all agreed that it looks like Pac-Man.
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