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

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

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

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

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...

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

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.

A theory involving a "mushy zone" of ice along the moon’s fissures could explain the enormous plumes erupting from its south ...

Saturn’s rings will be impossible to see from Earth as of March 23rd, according to Forbes. This is because our view of the ...

It’s not that Saturn’s rings are actually disappearing altogether (though that will happen in about 100 million years, ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the sun, is a gas giant known for its prominent ring system, composed of ice particles, and is the second-largest planet in our solar system, after Jupiter. Saturn is ...

Saturn's iconic ring system will disappear, albeit temporarily, on March 23—a preview of its fate in 100 million years.