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

The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...

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

This planet becomes the planet with the most moons after astronomers discover 128 new small moons, bringing its total to 274.

Based on our projections, I don’t think Jupiter will ever catch ... and a much smaller number of large moons. This suggested that there may have been a major collision in the Saturn system ...

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

If you find Jupiter, you’ll likely see four small dots to the side of the gas giant: they are the Galilean moons, four of the 95 natural satellites around the Solar System’s largest planet.

With the new spottings, Saturn has usurped Jupiter which has 95 known moons, while Uranus (28) and Neptune (16) remain third ...

Article continues below The Moon then made a close encounter with Jupiter last night (March 5), sitting close together in the evening sky, just to the right of the constellation Orion, famous for ...

Gladman said current technology had been taken as far as possible in the search around Saturn and Jupiter. He said the new ...

The findings, which mean Saturn has more moons than the rest of the other planets in our solar system combined, were ratified on Tuesday by the International Astronomical Union. Jupiter and Saturn ...