Astronomers have spotted 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, boosting its total to 274 and making it the planet with the most moons. Here’s why this cosmic dis ...

Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the indisputable frontrunner for having the most moons in our solar system.

Saturn and a few of its many moons, as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Credit: NASA/ESA/Hubble Heritage Team (STSCI/AURA)/SPL. Astronomers have announced the discovery of 128 new moons ...

Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274. The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history.

Astronomers announced the discovery of 128 new moons orbiting Saturn on Tuesday. The moons are only a few kilometers in size. Saturn has more moons than any planet in our solar system.

Most of the 128 new moons are near the Mundilfari moons. Mundilfari is a figure from Norse mythology and the name of one of ...

Saturn's moon count nearly doubled with the official recognition of 128 new moons, bringing the total to an astonishing 274 moons. The new moons were discovered by a team of astronomers using the ...

A further 128 moons have been discovered orbiting Saturn, bringing the planet's total to 274 – more than there are around all the other planets in our solar system combined.

A team using the telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii has just discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, was already the reigning champion of moon-having. A ...

Perhaps most impressively, this discovery of 128 new moons wasn't the first time this team added to Saturn's moon count. Between 2019 and 2021, the team's observations with CFHT resulted in the ...

With 128 new moons for Saturn, it might take a while to come up with names that follow the IAU rules. Maybe we’ll even see the addition of different mythologies.

“Sure enough, we found 128 new moons. Based on our projections, I don’t think Jupiter will ever catch up.” Highly irregular, Captain. All of the 128 new moons are “irregular moons”, objects captured ...