A team using the telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii has just discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, was already the reigning champion of moon-having. A 2023 ...

Saturn, the giant planet known for its rings, is now being celebrated for having the highest number of moons in the solar system – 145 total, after gaining 62 additional moons in May, according to ...

This true color picture was assembled from Voyager 2 Saturn images obtained Aug. 4 from a distance of 21 million kilometers (13 million miles) on the spacecraft's approach trajectory. Three of ...

The moons were discovered by a group of astronomers from Taiwan, Canada, the United States, and France. Between 2019 and 2021, they used the Canada France Hawaii Telescope to repeatedly monitor the ...

In the red corner, Jupiter, the largest planet orbiting our sun, which shaped our solar system with its gravitational bulk. In the blue corner, Saturn, the magnificent ringed world with bewildering ...

The Minor Planet Center has confirmed the addition of 28 newly discovered moons of Saturn. Saturn now has 117 moons and Jupiter has 95. Corey Powell notes that if we ...

It was only a few months ago that the title for the planet with the most moons in the solar system shifted to Jupiter, and now that title may be switching again. In early February, a team of ...

Saturn has overtaken Jupiter as the planet with the most known moons in the solar system. Astronomers have announced a bumper crop of 62 new moons orbiting the ringed planet, pushing its total to well ...

In brief: Saturn's rings are one of the most iconic formations in our solar system, but researchers have never been sure how or when they formed. A new simulation indicates they are far younger than ...

Cassini ended its 13-year mission at Saturn on 15 September 2017 when it plunged into the gas giant’s atmosphere. But the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is still keeping an eye on the ringed planet.

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team of astronomers led by Edward Ashton at the Academia ...