Saturn not only possesses extraordinary rings, but also more than 60 moons. A half-dozen or so of these moons appear linked with the giant planet's main rings, either lodged within these features ...

In the chaotic fog of Saturn’s F ring, scientists believe mini-moons come together and get ripped ... tens to hundreds of kilometers wide, while main rings A, B and C are tens of thousands ...

The main rings are the A, B and C rings, while the D, E, F and G rings are fainter and were discovered more recently. Very far out, there is a faint ring in the orbit of Saturn's moon Phoebe.

The findings have further bolstered Saturn's status as our ... it is leagues ahead of its main competitor Jupiter, which has just 95 confirmed moons. This week, the International Astronomical ...

Saturn regained its title as moon king last year with the discovery of 62 new moons, bringing its total to 145 moons. The planet’s main competition in the solar system, Jupiter, has just 95 ...

For the Cassini mission, the team reached a compromise using orbits that dipped close to the inner moons of Saturn from time to time. This was fine because a main focus of Cassini was the moon ...

Jupiter is stealing the title from Saturn, which only has 83 ... “We have been surveying for new moons around Jupiter serendipitously while our main survey is looking for planets in the outer ...

I mean this literally: This small moon of Saturn reflects nearly all the sunlight ... here on Earth, is the main constituent of our teeth and bones. Such minerals “are not very soluble ...

Saturn's many moons are believed to have formed around ... How old are moons? One of the main ways that scientists find out the age of an object, like an orbiting moon, is by counting the number ...