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

"Our carefully planned multi-year campaign has yielded a bonanza of new moons that tell us about the evolution of Saturn's irregular natural satellite population," study lead author Edward Ashton ...

With the new spottings, Saturn has usurped Jupiter which has 95 known moons, while Uranus (28) and Neptune (16) remain third ...

A 2023 discovery of 62 new Saturnian moons put it ahead of Jupiter, which takes the silver medal with 95 recorded satellite objects. Its new count of 274 means Saturn has more moons than every ...

“Our carefully planned multi-year campaign has yielded a bonanza of new moons that tell us about the evolution of Saturn’s irregular natural satellite population,” said Dr. Ashton. The team also ...

Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the indisputable frontrunner for having the most moons in our solar system.

TESS, which stands for Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite, detects exoplanets by ... TOI 197.01 is what is called a “hot Saturn,” because it is close to the size of Saturn but positioned ...

“Our carefully planned multi-year campaign has yielded a bonanza of new moons that tell us about the evolution of Saturn’s irregular natural satellite population,” said Dr. Ashton.

Benson's image also captures the two extremes of size for planet-like bodies. Saturn's satellite Mimas is the smallest known planetary-mass object: a body large enough to have become rounded under the ...

“Our carefully planned multi-year campaign has yielded a bonanza of new moons that tell us about the evolution of Saturn’s irregular natural satellite population,” Ashton said. The team is ...

Val Kilmer was, to put in the parlance of his fellow 1980s icon Demi Moore, a popcorn actor. He was Iceman. He was Batman. He ...