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.

If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the sky will probably be the moon. And unless you have a decent telescope, it is the only natural satellite you can see with ...

The solar system is home to bizarre moons like Enceladus and Callisto, each unveiling nature’s wonders and some of science’s ...

Saturn has 274 moons recognized by the International Astronomical Union. The number of moons increased substantially in March 2025 when 128 new moons were discovered by a team led by Edward Ashton ...

Saturn now leads the solar system with 274 known moons. Scientists say many moons formed from past collisions.

Jupiter's four largest moons – Io, Europa ... objects are governed by the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Originally, all moons in the Solar System were given names from Greco-Roman mythology.

The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s history. By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on an ...

Scientists have long sought to determine the age of the moon's South Pole–Aitken (SPA) basin, the largest and oldest known ...

Back in 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin first set foot on the moon, scientists knew of just 31 other moons in our solar system. Fast forward to today, and the numbers have skyrocketed.