Saturn has 128 more moons than astronomers previously thought - The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 ...

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

Out past Neptune are countless small icy and rocky bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects (TNOs), and many of these have moons ...

Jupiter, the closest competitor ... which were found near the Mundilfari subgroup of Saturn’s moons. "These 'irregular' moons have retrograde orbits around Saturn -- traveling around in the ...

Jupiter's current number of known moons is 95 ... The majority of the moons follow retrograde orbits, which also suggests they were originally captured objects rather than in-situ moons.

What can a sample return mission from Jupiter's volcanic moon, Io, teach scientists about planetary and satellite (moon) ...

With the new spottings, Saturn has usurped Jupiter which has 95 known moons, while Uranus (28) and Neptune (16) remain third ...

With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for all.

However, Jupiter’s moons will likely not surpass Saturn’s moons according ... the irregular moons of Uranus and Neptune — exhibiting eccentric and distant orbits — were possibly part of larger parent ...

Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa ... Regular moons tend to orbit their planets in nice, circular orbits around the equator. Irregular moons typically orbit in big ovals further ...

Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa ... Regular moons tend to orbit their planets in nice, circular orbits around the equator. Irregular moons typically orbit in big ovals further ...