Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon and the solar system's largest, is bigger than Mercury and the dwarf planet Pluto, with a diameter of 5,268 kilometers.

Saturn has surpassed Jupiter, which has 95 known moons, with the new sightings. Uranus (28), and Neptune (16) are still ...

For a while, it was duking it out with Jupiter for the title, but after a recent trio of ... to enhance the light signal from such small and distant objects. The giant moon Titan in front of Saturn's ...

In 2023, Jupiter reclaimed the lead with 12 new moons. However, later that year, astronomers spotted an impressive 68 new ...

With the new spottings, Saturn has usurped Jupiter which has 95 known moons, while Uranus (28) and Neptune (16) remain third ...

Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.

Jupiter's four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were the first ever discovered orbiting another planet. They were spotted by Galileo Galilei more than 400 years ago, in 1610 .

Saturn’s first known moon, Titan, was discovered by Dutch astronomer Christiaan Huygens 45 years later. Jupiter’s four largest moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – were the first ...