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

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

Saturn has decisively claimed the crown. With the discovery of 128 new moons, the ringed planet’s total count has soared to 274 — nearly twice as many as all other planets combined. Jupiter now trails ...

This is the fourth comet Gröller has discovered, but given its extraordinary distance, it was the most exciting find, he says ...

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