Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons , as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team ...

Canadian and other researchers have confirmed Saturn as the solar system’s undisputed “moon king," after discovering 128 more ...

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

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...

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Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

Saturn has decisively claimed the crown. With the discovery of 128 new moons, the ringed planet’s total count has soared to 274 — nearly twice as many as all other planets combined. Jupiter now trails ...

Pan: Discovered by Mark Showalter in 1990 using images captured by Voyager 2 ... always faces toward the ringed giant. In 2010, the Cassini spacecraft detected a thin atmosphere — known as ...