Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...
You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the ...
An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...
A ring or sphere could, apparently, be stable if surrounded by the right sizes and gravities of other stars.
Harvard astronomers have announced the discovery of over 100 previously undiscovered moons orbiting the planet Saturn.
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 planets combined.
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
The discovery points to what astronomers have thought for decades, that Saturn's rings were caused by a massive collision about 100 million years ago.
For centuries, Jupiter reigned as king of the moons. Initially, the Big Four, discovered by Galileo, and then as optics and ...
Scientists believe that the moons are remnants of larger objects shattered by ancient collisions, a glimpse into the chaotic early solar system.