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Harvard astronomers have announced the discovery of over 100 previously undiscovered moons orbiting the planet Saturn.

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

The sheer number of objects suggests scientists will soon have to grapple with what counts as a moon versus what’s just a ...

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

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

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