Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

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The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...

Seven of Saturn's moons are so bright that they're visible through a telescope. The easiest Saturnian moon to spot is Titan, as the giant moon can reach magnitude +8. At this brightness ...

Discovering small Saturnian moons could help in understanding more about Saturn and in future resource-mining. The ...

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Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the official recognition of 128 new Saturnian moons, bringing its total to an astonishing 274 moons. That makes Jupiter's 95 ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, was already the reigning champion of moon-having. A 2023 discovery of 62 new Saturnian moons put it ahead of Jupiter, which takes the silver medal with 95 ...

A new paper submitted to the Planetary Science Journal and available on the arXiv preprint server presents the discovery of these first 64 new Saturnian moons. The lead author is Edward Ashton ...

meaning they’re tiny fragments of larger moons that likely broke apart by violent collisions with other Saturnian moons or with passing comets, according to the researchers. Most of the new ...