<ul><li>Astronomers have discovered 128 never-before-seen moons orbiting Saturn, nearly doubling the planet's total.</li><li>Saturn now has a total of 274 known natural satellites, making it the 'moon king' of the solar system.</li><li>The newly discovered moons are small in size and considered irregular, likely formed from larger moons that collided with other moons or passing comets.</li><li>The discovery was made using the Canada France Hawaii Telescope, and the researchers believe Jupiter will never catch up in terms of moon count.</li></ul>

128 new moons discovered orbiting Saturn, nearly doubling the ringed planet's total

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