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

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

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

The discovery of 128 additional moons orbiting Saturn was just confirmed by astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii ...

before that she worked as a staff writer for our sister publication All About Space magazine. Daisy has a Ph.D. in plant physiology and an MSci in environmental science. Saturn's moons were thrust ...

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

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

Saturn has an official count of 274 moon after 128 new moons found in 2023 were recognized. A team of astronomers from Taiwan ...

The smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.

For now, though, Ashton believes they've found all the moons of Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus, which can be seen with existing telescopes. This doesn't mean that Jupiter will have a chance to catch ...

Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...

What are they going to call all these moons? Are there more out there? And what exactly makes something a moon, anyway? These new discoveries cement Saturn’s place as the winner of the Solar ...