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

It might be hard to believe, since Earth only has a single moon in its night sky, but Saturn has at least 62 moons. Many of them are quite small, but Dione is one of the larger ones. Showcasing a ...

Scientists have theorized that a recent impact could have knocked Dione, but exactly how the moon spun exactly 180 degrees remains a mystery. Tethys travels close to Saturn and feels the ...

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 ...

Until then, the spacecraft will continue sending back amazing, moody black and white photos of Saturn with its moons. In September, Cassini will observe the small moon Dione, looking for signs of ...

Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team of astronomers led by Edward Ashton at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The ...

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

Not that it was a competition, but Saturn surpassed Jupiter in known moons a few years ago. Now the giant planet may never ...

If you're a fan of our night sky here on Earth and its singular moon, then you'd probably really, really love the view from Saturn. A team of scientists — including a Canadian from the ...

A montage of Saturn and its moons Dione (front), Tethys and Mimas (right), Enceladus and Rhea (left), and Titan (distant top), as depicted by the Voyager 1 spacecraft, November 1980.

Some revolve around Saturn in the normal counterclockwise direction, called prograde, like our moon. The others orbit the planet in the opposite direction, or in retrograde. The arcs near the ...