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James Webb Space Telescope and the W.M. Keck Observatory captured new images of Saturn's moon Titan. Credit: NASA/STScI/W. M.
Saturn's moons are named for Norse, Gallic, and Canadian Inuit gods, and these new moons will follow the same convention.
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.
It seems that title is once again changing hands, though, as astronomers discovered 62 new moons around Saturn. That brings Saturn’s moon count to a total of 145 moons — over 50 more than ...
The first new moon of summer is here — and it's a powerful one. The new moon in Cancer occurs on June 25 at 6:31 a.m. ET.
Here's how to watch the July full moon, along with appearances from planets and constellations in the night sky.