Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
Atlas: Discovered in 1980 by Richard Terrile ... As such, it has been dubbed the yin and yang of the Saturn moons. Iapetus, like Rhea, is thought to be composed of ice and rock.
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In February 2025, conditions were just right to catch a "planetary party" above the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) ...
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The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...
Laura Nicole Driessen is an ambassador for the Orbit Centre of Imagination at the Rise and Shine Kindergarten, in Sydney's Inner West. Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official ...
The discovery points to what astronomers have thought for decades, that Saturn's rings were caused by a massive collision about 100 million years ago.
Even before the recently announced moons, Saturn had more than anyone could reasonably keep track of. Now, astronomers have ...