Saturn now has 274 moons – but exactly what makes something a moon remains unclear
- Written by Laura Nicole Driessen, Postdoctoral Researcher in Radio Astronomy, University of Sydney
Dione, one of Saturn's 274 moons, viewed with Saturn and its rings in the background.NASA / JPL / Space Science InstituteEarlier 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 Sinica in Taiwan. The sixth...





