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

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

Saturn’s moons have been the subject of a lot of astronomical attention over the years. They range in size from the ...

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

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

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

Saturn has dozens of new moons, bringing it to a total of 274. All of the new moons are between 2 and 4 kilometres wide, but ...

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

Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons orbiting the planet Saturn, boosting its position to the top of the Solar System’s ...