Astronomers are racing to protect the dark skies as private companies seek to place large advertisements in Earth orbit ...

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

Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the planet with the most moons with 274.The International ...

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

Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...

A case in point: a European Space Agency satellite, known as ERS-2, launched in 1995 and inactive since 2011, tumbled through ...

Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The record-breaking statistic puts Saturn way ahead of its moon-bearing competitors, as ...

You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary ...

For a while, it was duking it out with Jupiter for the title, but after a recent trio of announcements from the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Saturn has taken a commanding lead. Saturn’s ...

Saturn has become the planet with the most moons following the discovery of 128 new moons by a team of astronomers. This brings the total count to 274, surpassing all other planets. These tiny, ...

The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...