Saturn moon names and dates of discovery. Here is a list of Saturn's 63 officially named moons, along with the dates of their discovery, according to NASA: Aegaeon: ...

In recent years, Saturn and Jupiter have been in a moon race of their own. In 2019, Saturn took the lead with 20 new natural satellites, bringing its tally up to 82.Then Jupiter surged ahead to 92 ...

Saturn's moons are named for Norse, Gallic, and Canadian Inuit gods, and these new moons will follow the same convention.

A new study of Saturn's 'Death Star' moon Mimas finds evidence of a young, underground ocean that may be hospitable to early forms of life. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn ...

Two moons detected in August have been given the names Methone and Pallene, while another found in October has been provisionally named Polydeuces. Three more candidate objects are still awaiting ...

If all the objects are recognized by scientific authorities, the ringed giant world will have 145 moons in its orbit. Saturn and several of its moons, including Tethys, Dione and Rhea while Mimas ...

Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, measures 3,200 miles, or 5,150 kilometers, across and is larger than the planet Mercury. ... A particularly interesting subgroup is named Mundilfari, ...

The origins of Saturn’s rings, its unusual tilt and the strange tie between the planet and Neptune have been mysteries for years. They could all be solved by the destruction of a moon ...

With 128 new moons for Saturn, it might take a while to come up with names that follow the IAU rules. Maybe we’ll even see the addition of different mythologies. We’ll have to wait and see.

How a missing satellite formed Saturn’s tilt and its rings. When Saturn formed, its spin axis was probably close to straight up and down (1). But as the moon Titan moved away from Saturn ...