The recent discovery builds on this. Before Ashton's research, astronomers were only familiar with 82 moons orbiting Saturn. Ashton said astronomers may begin researching further characteristics ...

The four largest moons of Jupiter (Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto) can be seen from Earth with just a pair of binoculars. Saturn is almost as large as Jupiter and has 82 moons. It has a system ...

upping its moon count to 82 – when Saturn had 79. In 2023, Jupiter reclaimed the lead with 12 new moons. However, later that year, astronomers spotted an impressive 68 new moons – before the ...

By Jonathan O’Callaghan Jonathan O’Callaghan reported on an earlier discovery of 62 moons around Saturn in 2023. Astronomers say they have discovered more than 100 new moons around Saturn ...