Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

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

While some travel within gaps in Saturn's rings and clear a path through the debris, others orbit farther out. The ringed giant's moons also vary considerably in size. The largest, Titan ...

some of the original moons of Saturn. Certain irregular Saturnian moons are grouped into clusters, each named after their largest member. “Phoebe is like the lucky grandfather,” says Gladman.

Saturn’s first known moon, Titan, was discovered by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens 45 years later. Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were the first ...

Credit: University of British Columbia Astronomers have identified the largest-ever batch of "new" moons to be found circling Saturn. With a whopping 274 moons now known to exist in its orbit ...

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

A team using the telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii has just discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, was already the reigning champion of moon-having.

Jupiter has 95 known moons, Uranus 28, and Neptune 16. The 128 in the latest haul around Saturn bring its total to 274. “It’s the largest batch of new moons,” said Mike Alexandersen at the ...

Astronomers announced the discovery of 128 new moons orbiting ... is one of the largest in the world. Using the telescope, in one night, Ashton took about 44 photos of Saturn over a three-hour ...