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

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

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

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

An international team of astronomers working with the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have discovered a whopping 128 more ...

Saturn's iconic ring system will disappear, albeit temporarily, on March 23—a preview of its fate in 100 million years.

The smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.

The view was acquired on Sept. 14, 2017 at 19:59 UTC (spacecraft event time). The view was taken in visible light using the ...

The simple answer is that Saturn’s rings do cast shadows on the planet’s surface! NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took the dramatic image of the rings ...

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

Faint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...