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You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the ...
This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...
Let’s get this out of the way—any scientist studying Uranus will tell you that they’re tired of the planet being the butt of ...
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.
The smashups are thought to have occurred at least 100 million years ago, but the moons they created are new to astronomers.