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Which planet has the most moons? Saturn dethrones Jupiter.

  • Saturn has replaced Jupiter as the planet with the most moons in our solar system, with a total of 274 moons.
  • A group of astronomers from Taiwan, Canada, the United States, and France discovered 128 new moons orbiting Saturn using the Canada France Hawaii Telescope.
  • The newly discovered Saturnian moons are irregular moons, likely fragments of originally captured moons that broke apart due to collisions.
  • The high number and concentration of new moons near the Mundilfari subgroup suggest a recent cosmic collision within the Saturn system.

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