Saturn has pulled ahead of Jupiter again in the moon discovery race, thanks to a batch of 20 newly reported outer moons. And you can suggest names for some of them.

An artist’s conception of the 20 newly discovered moons orbiting Saturn. These discoveries bring the planet’s total moon count to 82, surpassing Jupiter for the most in our Solar System.

An artist’s conception of the 20 newly discovered moons orbiting Saturn. These discoveries bring the planet’s total moon count to 82, surpassing Jupiter for the most in our solar system.

The moons are all similar in size, spanning about three miles across. But 17 of the 20 have a retrograde orbit of Saturn, meaning they essentially orbit backwards from the planet and other moons.

NASA says Saturn's rings are disappearing as they're pulled in by gravity Twenty new moons have been found to be orbiting Saturn — and scientists want the public's help in naming them, according ...

Far-off moons are dim and tough to spot, he told George Dvorsky at Gizmodo, especially when they’re less than three miles across—a criterion that all 20 of Saturn’s new additions meet.

Astronomers have found 20 new moons orbiting Saturn, bumping its total up to 82 moons. That surpasses Jupiter, which was the prior reigning champion with 79 moons. One of the new moons has the ...

Saturn now has more moons than any other planet in our solar system. You can suggest names for 20 newly discovered moons in a Twitter contest.

The team is holding a contest to name all 20 moons they've recently discovered orbiting Saturn, which brings the planet's total moons to 82. This, according to Sheppard, makes Saturn the "new king ...

By contrast, Saturn’s 20 new moons are minuscule, each barely 3 miles in diameter. Sheppard and his team used a telescope in Hawaii to spot Saturn’s 20 new moons over the summer.

The institution held a contest to name five of those Jovian moons and is holding a similar contest to name all 20 of Saturn's newfound moons. Entries must be submitted via Twitter by Dec. 6.

The moons are all similar in size, spanning about three miles across. But 17 of the 20 have a retrograde orbit of Saturn, meaning they essentially orbit backwards from the planet and other moons.