The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...
Saturn was already the reigning champion in the moon department. Now, with 274, Saturn has more moons than all the other ...
In 2023, astronomers discovered 62 new moons of Saturn, bringing its total to 145 moons and surpassing Jupiter. More recently ...
Saturn has left its former rival in the dust with a new total of 274 moons, almost twice as many as all the other planets ...
Scientists believe that the moons are remnants of larger objects shattered by ancient collisions, a glimpse into the chaotic early solar system.
to monitor the sky around Saturn in minute detail between 2019 to 2021, combining multiple images to strengthen an astronomical object’s signal. The initial run uncovered 62 moons – and an ...
Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons orbiting the planet Saturn, boosting its position to the top of the Solar System’s ...
The smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.