He said a group of the newly discovered moons is located near the so-called Mundilfari subgroup, leading them to suspect that a “catastrophic collision” broke up a now-destroyed moon, leaving ...

Most of these discovered moons are in the Mundilfari subgroup of Saturn’s moons, suggesting this could be the site of this relatively recent collision event.

Saturn's renowned rings have seemingly "disappeared" from view starting this week. This rare planetary event has happened as the ringed giant aligns edge-on with Earth for the first time since 2009.

These impacts fragmented larger bodies. A group of 47 of these moons is formed by a large impact in the past and is called Mundilfari.

Learn about the 128 newly discovered moons of Saturn, believed to be the remnants of collisions that occurred early in the planet's history.

The scientists who spotted the moons named a 47-strong group “Mundilfari” and apparently speculate they may have been the result of a collision in near-Saturn space that took place as recently as 100 ...

A team of astronomers from Taiwan, Canada, the United States, and France has observed 128 additional moons orbiting the gas giant Saturn, bringing its total number of confirmed moons to 274.

Most of the 128 new moons are near the Mundilfari moons. Mundilfari is a figure from Norse mythology and the name of one of Saturn’s moons and a subgroup of irregular moons orbiting Saturn.

The high concentration of these small moons near the Mundilfari subgroup suggests that this region may have been the site of a significant collision in the past. This discovery not only cements Saturn ...

He said a group of the newly discovered moons is located near the so-called Mundilfari subgroup, leading them to suspect that a “catastrophic collision” broke up a now-destroyed moon, leaving ...

He said a group of the newly discovered moons is located near the so-called Mundilfari subgroup, leading them to suspect that a “catastrophic collision” broke up a now-destroyed moon, leaving behind ...