Saturn and two of its moons, Tethys and Dione, photographed by Voyager 1 on November 3, 1980. NASA/JPL-Caltech Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 ...

Astronomers have recently made a major discovery in our Solar System. They have identified 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, ...

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

Hyperion was the last of Saturn's major satellites to be discovered. It is a small, potato-shaped moon with a spongy-looking texture. Scientists suggest that Hyperion's odd shape is indicative ...

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

By Sage Rohrbach A photo of five of Saturn’s moons, captured by the Cassani spacecraft. The moons visible are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Rhea, and Mimas. Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science ...

Quantitatively upstaging Earth’s guest appearance of a second moon this fall, a recent study found that Saturn has 128 new ...

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 ...

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 System’s moon competition, with more confirmed ...

Among the regular moons, around 20 are also considered major moons — meaning they are ... account for the discovery of 128 new moons around Saturn. The number of small-body satellites was ...