Saturn Secures Its Title as the ‘Moon King’ With Major Haul of New Moons
Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The ...
Saturn now has a ridiculous number of moons
Astronomers have discovered a panoply of new moons orbiting Saturn, bringing the ringed gas giant's total up to 274 moons—far ...
Saturn Gains 128 New Moons, Bringing Its Total to 274
The objects around the ringed planet are tiny, but some of them may have formed relatively recently in the solar system’s ...
Canada-linked team finds Saturn has 128 more moons, leaving Jupiter in cosmic dust
Canadian and other researchers have confirmed Saturn as the solar system’s undisputed “moon king," after discovering 128 more ...
Saturn's stunning ring system to suddenly vanish from view
Saturn's iconic ring system will disappear, albeit temporarily, on March 23—a preview of its fate in 100 million years.
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Yes, Saturn’s Rings Are About To Disappear — Here’s Why
It’s not that Saturn’s rings are actually disappearing altogether (though that will happen in about 100 million years, ...
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Saturn V: NASA’s Most Powerful Rocket Explained
Why Has No Rocket Surpassed Saturn V? Despite advances in technology, no rocket has matched Saturn V’s power and size. But ...
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Apollo Spacecraft: NASA's Lunar Mission to Saturn
The Apollo spacecraft is a complex transportation system designed for lunar missions, standing 363 feet tall and weighing ...
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"I Don’t Think Jupiter Will Ever Catch Up": 128 New Moons Found Orbiting Saturn
“These moons are a few kilometers in size and are likely all fragments of a smaller number of originally captured moons that were broken apart by violent collisions, either with other Saturnian moons ...
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NASA pulls another life-saving maneuver for Voyager from 15 billion miles away
Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in 2012, followed by Voyager 2 in 2018, making them the only spacecraft to operate ...
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Image of Saturn in Cassini spacecraft's 'final moments' isn't what it seems
The highly saturated image was an artistic representation of Cassini's final mission. Actual images captured by the spacecraft were monochrome with far less detail. NASA's Cassini spacecraft ...
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Do Saturn’s rings cast shadows?
The simple answer is that Saturn’s rings do cast shadows on the planet’s surface! NASA’s Cassini spacecraft, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017, took the dramatic image of the rings ...