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

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

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

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

The International Astronomical Union formally recognised all of Saturn’s moons this week. The moons are yet to get names but ...

Scientists have discovered over 100 new moons orbiting Saturn, raising its total to 274. These small rocky moons likely ...

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

With a whopping total of 274 moons, researchers say Saturn’s tug of war with Jupiter for the title is settled once and for ...

Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...

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

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...

Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...