Earlier this year, researchers discovered that a vast liquid ocean lurks beneath the icy shell of Saturn's tiny moon, Mimas. Now the same team may have discovered how it was created. New research ...

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

But Mimas continues to puzzle scientists. The small moon orbits closer to Saturn than Enceladus and has a much larger eccentric (elongated) orbit. In theory, Mimas should receive more tidal ...

Astronomers have discovered 128 new moons around Saturn, making it the planet with the most moons with 274.The International ...

The race between Jupiter and Saturn for the most moons in the Solar System may have just finally come screeching to a halt.

By Sage Rohrbach A photo of five of Saturn’s moons, captured by the Cassani spacecraft. The moons visible are Janus, Pandora, Enceladus, Rhea, and Mimas. Courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science ...

This image, one of 77 photographs that appeared in our 2016 exhibition, Otherworlds: Visions of our Solar System, shows the diminutive moon Mimas transiting across Saturn's northern latitudes, with ...

The new image ... Evidence That Saturn's Moon Mimas Is a Stealth Ocean World Jan. 31, 2023 — When a scientist discovered surprising evidence that Saturn's smallest, innermost moon could generate ...

Until then, each moon has a name made of a string of numbers and letters, such as“S/2020 S 27”. An image of five of Saturn's moons taken by Cassini. The moons from left to right are: Janus, Pandora, ...

You thought Saturn's 146 moons were impressive? Think again. The ringed planet's moon count has nearly doubled with the official recognition of 128 new Saturnian moons, bringing its total to an ...

Saturn just solidified its title as ‘moon king’ with an updated tally of 274 satellites orbiting the gas giant. The record-breaking statistic puts Saturn way ahead of its moon-bearing competitors, as ...