Scientists discover 62 new moons around Saturn, raising total to 145 — the most in the solar system

Credits: Saturn and some of its many, many moons. (Image credit: NASA/ JPL) This Hubble Space Telescope image of Saturn, captured in June 2018, shows six of the planet’s 145 known moons. The visible satellites are (from left to right) Dione, Enceladus, Tethys, Janus, Epimetheus and Mimas. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, A. Simon (GSFC) and the OPAL Team, and J. DePasquale (STScI)) This six-image mosaic from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft captures Saturn, its rings and the planet’s giant moon Titan. The probe snapped the shots on May 6, 2012, when it was about 483,000 miles from Titan. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute) Scientists discover 62 new moons around Saturn, raising total to 145 — the most in the solar system