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Saturn has 274 moons recognized by the International Astronomical Union. The number of moons increased substantially in March 2025 when 128 new moons were discovered by a team led by Edward Ashton ...
You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the official recognition of 128 new Saturnian moons, bringing its total to an ...
A new study proposes that seeding the orb’s underground ocean with microbes might help us learn how to make other worlds habitable ...
NASA is preparing to explore Titan, Saturn’s largest moon - and possibly our best chance at a second home in the solar system. With a thick atmosphere, stable surface, and resources like methane and ...
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 ...
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 natural-color view of ...
Astronomers announced the discovery of 128 new moons orbiting Saturn on Tuesday. The moons are only a few kilometers in size. Saturn has more moons than any planet in our solar system. Astronomers ...
Saturn has 83 known moons, the most of any planet in our Solar System. This size comparison video from MetaBallStudios lines them all up, with London as the background. The same YouTuber recently ...
A single, doomed moon could clear up a couple of mysteries about Saturn. This hypothetical missing moon, dubbed Chrysalis, could have helped tilt Saturn over, researchers suggest September 15 in ...
The spectacular Saturn-moon conjunction will happen just before sunrise in the east and can be seen from April 15 to 17. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
If you're looking for something to gaze at before then, the moon and Saturn are going to be very close together on Aug. 20. The two celestial bodies will be in conjunction -- an astronomy term ...