Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...

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

Saturn has surpassed Jupiter, which has 95 known moons, with the new sightings. Uranus (28), and Neptune (16) are still ...

A photo of Saturn's north pole in approximate true color. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSI And it's speedy too. The hexagonal jet stream is flying around the planet's pole at about 220 miles per hour.

During the next ring plane crossing, astronomers will be able to better a good look at Saturn's many moons. As far as planets go, they don't get much more iconic than Saturn: a huge golden ball ...