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

Pictures may enliven us, but other data, such as information about magnetic fields, add a huge amount to our understanding of ...

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

Saturn has decisively claimed the crown. With the discovery of 128 new moons, the ringed planet’s total count has soared to 274 — nearly twice as many as all other planets combined. Jupiter now trails ...

Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...

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

An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...

A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.

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

Saturn was already the reigning champion in the moon department. Now, with 274, Saturn has more moons than all the other ...

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