The Saturn system has always been a contender in the contest for most moons in the solar system. For a while, it was duking it out with Jupiter for the title, but after a recent trio of announcements ...

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team of astronomers led by Edward Ashton at the Academia ...

Saturn's innermost moon, which resembles the Death Star from Star Wars, may be a "stealth" ocean world, according to new research. Mimas, which is the smallest and closest to Saturn of the ringed ...

Far from the warmth of the Sun, some of the coldest-looking worlds in the solar system may be hiding the hottest surprises.

Astronomers have announced the discovery of 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, raising questions about why the planet has such a huge number of satellites. Investigating this phenomenon could provide us ...

Enceladus is Saturn's sixth-largest moon, a 500 km-wide icy world famed for its south polar geysers spewing water from a ...

You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the official recognition of 128 new Saturnian moons, bringing its total to an ...

The rules for naming Saturn's moons mean "Moony McMoonface" is off the table. Scientists at the Carnegie Institution for Science have discovered 20 additional moons orbiting Saturn -- and they are ...

Look to the southeastern horizon in the hours following sunset on Nov. 29 — you'll be able to see the moon shine close to the ...

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Artist’s impression of the migration of Titan and the tilt of Saturn. Credit: Coline SAILLENFEST / IMCCE Two scientists from CNRS and Sorbonne University working at the Institute of Celestial ...