Astronomers find Saturn has 128 more moons in rare discovery
Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team of astronomers led by Edward Ashton at the Academia Sinica in Taiwan. The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 moons, the most of any planet in the Solar System.
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...
Saturn Retrograde 2025 signifies a period where the planet prompts accountability and discipline. It brings cosmic karma, ...
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A Series of Cosmic Collisions Gave Saturn 128 'New' MoonsThe smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.
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