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EMPIRE STRIKES BACK

Star Wars style moon spotted by NASA and it looks EXACTLY like the Death Star

Star Wars fans are going nuts over this moon orbiting Saturn that looks like a menacing Death Star

A REAL life Star Wars Death Star has been spotted by NASA.

The Cassini spacecraft captured the most detailed snaps of Saturn's moon Mimas to date.

 Shadows cast across Saturn moon Mimas' defining feature, Herschel Crater - sometimes referred to as the Death Star moon
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Shadows cast across Saturn moon Mimas' defining feature, Herschel Crater - sometimes referred to as the Death Star moonCredit: Cover Images

And Star Wars fans can't get over how much it looks like the Empire's ultimate weapon.

The icy moon is dominated by the massive Herschel Crater which looks just like the opening to the fictional space station.

Shadows cast across the defining feature can be seen in pictures released this week by the space agency.

 The icy moon is dominated by a massive Herschel Crater
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The icy moon is dominated by a massive Herschel CraterCredit: Cover Images
 The Star Wars Death Star
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The Star Wars Death Star

Named after the icy moon's discoverer, astronomer William Herschel, the crater stretches 86 miles (139 kilometres) wide - almost one-third of the diameter of Mimas (246 miles or 396 kilometres) itself.

The Cassini mission is a cooperative project of NASA, ESA (the European Space Agency) and the Italian Space Agency.

It's not the first time people have claimed to see the Death Star hovering above us.

A super rare sphere-shaped ‘Death Star’ cloud spotted in the sky over Japan.


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