For this was only two years after the first Star Wars came out - so that film's iconic Death Star was very much in the public consciousness.
The similarities are pretty startling - enough to make us wonder if Saturn's moon, called Mimas, is not actually just the fossilised, crumbling remains of an evil empire's ship from a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...'
Read more: Cultural Impact: Death Star Spotted Lurking Near the Rings of Saturn (...Luckily it is Just an Asteroid Crater on One of the More Bizarre Moons Found in Our Solar System)
