Saturn's Moons Boost Status
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128 new moons discovered orbiting Saturn, nearly doubling the ringed planet's total
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The International Astronomical Union officially recognizes the discovery of 128 new moons orbiting Saturn .
The newly discovered objects are considered "irregular" moons, meaning they're only a mile or two in size and far from spherical.
They are likely fragments of larger moons that were smashed apart by a cataclysmic collision.
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