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Ben Turner

UNCOVERED: 128 new moons discovered orbiting saturn nearly doubling the ringed planet s total - The Untold Story

An illustration showing a close up of Saturn and its rings with a small spacecraft orbiting around it.

Astronomers have discovered 128 never-before-seen moons orbiting Saturn — giving it almost twice as many moons as all the other planets in the solar system combined.

The findings have further bolstered Saturn's status as our solar system's "moon king." With an updated total of 274 known natural satellites orbiting the gas giant, it is leagues ahead of its main competitor Jupiter, which has just 95 confirmed moons.

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