Ratification of 128 additional moons puts the smaller gas giant way ahead on satellite count The International Astronomical ...

Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...

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

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

You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the ...

Saturn has an official count of 274 moon after 128 new moons found in 2023 were recognized. A team of astronomers from Taiwan ...

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

Scientists have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, bringing the total number to 274. This is the largest number of such ...

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

In August 2006 the International Astronomical Union General Assembly adopted a resolution to reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet. The reasoning was that it didn't satisfy one of three newly defined ...

Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in 1930 at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff. Here's how Pluto won - and lost - its planetary ...

The International Astronomical Union reclassified Pluto as a dwarf planet because it does not clear its orbit of other debris. Pluto was the little planet that could — until it couldn’t.