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Saturn has more moons than any planet in our solar system. Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn , further solidifying the planet as the "moon king" of our solar system.
Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274. The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history.
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far beyond any other planet in our solar system.
A large chunk of Saturn's new irregular moons - 64 of them - were described in a recent paper submitted to the Planetary Science Journal, currently available on the arXiv preprint server.
There will be several chances to see the shadow of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pass across the ringed planet's Earth-facing ...
With 128 new moons for Saturn, it might take a while to come up with names that follow the IAU rules. Maybe we’ll even see the addition of different mythologies.
A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds habitable ...