Back before the discovery of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, observers of the cosmos were only focused on the planets up to ...

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

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

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

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

“These moons are a few kilometers in size and are likely all fragments of a smaller number of originally captured moons that ...

Saturn’s iconic rings are dissolving due to “ring rain,” as icy particles spiral into the planet. Astronomers predict they ...

Saturn runs rings around Jupiter Ratification of 128 new moons put the smaller gas giant way ahead on satellite count The ...

"Sure enough, we found 128 new moons." Jupiter and Saturn have taken turns hosting the most known moons. Jupiter's current ...

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

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