Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

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

Experiments suggest that processes in the interior of the moon could keep it swathed in an atmosphere that should otherwise ...

While some travel within gaps in Saturn's rings and clear a path through the debris, others orbit farther out. The ringed giant's moons also vary considerably in size. The largest, Titan ...

The wind on Saturn's largest moon is strong enough to blow around rocks of up to half a metre in diameter, which could put NASA's upcoming Dragonfly mission at risk ...

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

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

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

In 2023, Jupiter reclaimed the lead with 12 new moons. However, later that year, astronomers spotted an impressive 68 new ...

Saturn's iconic rings will appear to disappear in March 2025 due to a rare ring-plane crossing event, but astronomers assure ...

Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.

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