Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised ...

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Saturn surpasses Jupiter with 128 newly discovered moons, becoming the planet with the most moons in our solar system.

Earlier this week, Saturn gained a whopping 128 new official moons, as the International Astronomical Union recognised discoveries from a team of astronomers led by Edward Ashton at the Academia ...

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FARGO — The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has recognized 128 new moons in orbit around the planet Saturn, giving the ringed planet more known moons than the rest of the planets in the ...