The Planet That Collected Two Hundred and Seventy-Four Moons
From Space, Astronomy & Cosmic Mysteries · 11:55
Show by David
In March of twenty twenty-five, Saturn officially gained a hundred and twenty-eight new moons, bringing its total to two hundred and seventy-four, more than every other planet in the Solar System put together. David follows the telescope technique that found them, the violent collision they record, and what a planet's moon count says about its past.
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