The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...

Moving in some high-risk pathways between Saturn and its inner rings, it successfully got closer to the planet to fulfil its ...

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

The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They’re also about to perform a vanishing ...

Saturn was already the reigning champion in the moon department. Now, with 274, Saturn has more moons than all the other ...

The discovery points to what astronomers have thought for decades, that Saturn's rings were caused by a massive collision ...

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

Saturn has 128 newly-discovered moons. Here they are color-coded by their MPEC release ... of ancient moons that became trapped in the planet’s gravity during our solar system’s early history ...

The rings of Saturn will temporarily “disappear” this weekend, though most stargazers will be unlikely to see it. The rings are not actually going away, but will be imperceptible ...

Saturn is transitioning, causing its tilt to shift. This will alter our view of the planet as Earth crosses its ring plane. This is where the disappearance comes in. An enhanced colour image of ...