Astronomers find Saturn has 128 more moons in rare discovery
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 Sinica in Taiwan. The sixth planet from the Sun now has a grand total of 274 moons, the most of any planet in the Solar System.
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Saturn gains 128 new moons, giving it more than the rest of the solar system combinedFaint signatures detected by the Canada France Hawaii Telescope have revealed 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the ...
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
A huge haul of 128 newfound satellites might be a hint of past collisions in the planet’s orbit, or something else.
The ringed gas giant Saturn has officially replaced Jupiter as the planet in our solar system with the most moons. The ...
The number of known moons in our Solar System has been rising for centuries, but astronomers say it has probably peaked – for ...
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Saturn's moon count soars to record-breaking 274Scientists have discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn, increasing the planet's total to 274. Saturn now boasts the ...
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Jupiter jealous? Saturn recruits 128 more moons, growing its cosmic army to 274Saturn has seized the title of moon king. Astronomers have just discovered as many as 128 new moons orbiting Saturn. This ...
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