A small international team of astronomers and astrophysicists has confirmed that asteroid 2019 UO14 is a Trojan asteroid of Saturn. The team has posted a paper describing their study of the ...

Saturn has finally joined the solar system's other giant planets in possessing a Trojan asteroid, but it may have stolen it. The bouncing asteroid seems to have originated in the Kuiper belt.

Saturn is known for its stunning rings and its many moons (four seen here), but they aren’t the planet’s only companions. Its first known Trojan — an asteroid that shares the planet’s ...

In all, data for the asteroid was found over the years 2015 to 2024—enough to confirm that it is indeed a Trojan asteroid of Saturn. The research team has found that 2019 UO 14 takes ...

Astronomers have called for help to identify a mystery object that may have hit Saturn on Saturday in what could be the first recorded instance of a space object crashing on to the gas giant.

NASA’s Lucy mission flew by the asteroid Dinkinesh this week, and the images it captured revealed not one but two space rocks. Ad Feedback. World. Africa ... Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.

Saturn seems to have snatched its first known Trojan asteroid, designated 2019 UO14, a few thousand years ago as the space rock was "bouncing" around the solar system.Additionally, because the ...