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Uranus, the mysterious ice giant, has 27 known moons, each named after literary characters from Shakespeare and Alexander ...
Saturn has 128 more moons than astronomers previously thought - The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 ...
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The International Astronomical Union officially recognized 128 new moons orbiting ...
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
A mystery within Saturn’s irregular moon system was a key motivator for the latest search: given the high number of small compared to large moons, there was likely a collision somewhere within the ...
With this new surge in its moon count, Saturn prevails with the most moons out of any other planet in the Solar System. Astronomers are now wondering, though, how this abundance of moons emerged in ...
Irregular moons follow wide, elliptical orbits and are often highly inclined. They're much different from regular moons like Earth's moon, which follows a much less elliptical path and is only ...
Advancements in technology can explain the sudden increase in moon discoveries. More powerful telescopes can spot smaller moons — particularly irregular moons — that are abundant around giant ...