Astronomers find Saturn has 128 more moons in rare discovery
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
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Explainer: 128 new moons for Saturn, but what even counts as a moon?
Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.
Are Saturn’s rings about to vanish for a while? Scientists reveal reason behind magical cosmic choreography you can witness this month
Saturns iconic rings will seem to vanish on March 23, 2025, as the planets tilt aligns perfectly with Earth. This phenomenon ...
Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
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Old NASA mission reveals an unlikely world harbors an ocean
The rocky world, discovered in 1610 by Italian Renaissance man Galileo Galilei, has earned a reputation as the most heavily cratered moon in our solar system. Mashable Light Speed Want more out-of ...
Why Saturn’s rings have disappeared, and when they’ll be back
There were theories, however, that Saturn’s rings were transient and could disappear within 50-to-200 million years, while ...
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How Do Telescopes Work? Astronomy's Most Indispensable Tool, Explained
Credit: Galileo Galilei, 1610 Within sixty years, Isaac Newton had built his own new and improved reflecting telescope with a curved mirror, coated with a fine layer of reflective silver metal ...
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Is Callisto, Jupiter’s moon with the most craters and third largest in the Solar System, an oceanic world with life?
Dust off your old telescope on a clear night and look ... the Solar System’s largest planet. Discovered by Galileo Galilei in 1610, Io, Callisto, Europa and Ganymede are proving to be ...
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Why Saturn’s rings have disappeared, and when they’ll be back
Hubble Space Telescope images of Saturn in various ... less than 400 years since the rings were really discovered – Galileo in 1610 observed Saturn with a couple of blobs next to it, so that ...