The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...

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

The findings provide strong evidence that four giant exoplanets 130 light-years from Earth formed much like Jupiter and ...

Large and small planets are born from very different circumstances, according to data from NASA’s now-retired space telescope ...

Another planetary alignment is coming up next month, and while it won't be a large one, it'll still be enough to dazzle ...

The Minor Planet Center confirmed the discoveries on March 11 ... "Sure enough, we found 128 new moons." Jupiter and Saturn ...

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

Back before the discovery of Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto, observers of the cosmos were only focused on the planets up to ...

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

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

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

Saturn was already the reigning champion in the moon department. Now, with 274, Saturn has more moons than all the other ...