There may be a clear winner in the race between Jupiter and Saturn for the most moons in the Solar System. Saturn officially has 128 new moons, taking its confirmed total to an astonishing 274 moons. Jupiter, however, has just 95 moons. A team of international scientists spotted the new moons in 2023 using the Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). On March 11, 2025, the International Astronomical Union Minor Planet Center officially added the 128 new moons to Saturn's count. The ringed planet now has more moons than all other planets in the Solar System combined. Saturn's moons are unlike our Moon orbiting Earth. Its largest moon, Titan, is one of the most Earth-like celestial bodies in the entire Solar System. Enceladus i s Saturn's icy moon , with a liquid ocean under an icy crust. The new batch of moons was discovered by from images taken by the CFHT. Most of the moons are small and irregularly shaped, spanning just a few miles across. However, with proven orbits around Saturn, they have been recognised as official moons. Previous moons were discovered during space voyages and in 'ring plane crossings', when Saturn's iconic rings become entirely invisible to us on Earth. These celestial events are rare – occurring just once every 15 years. Astronomers are anticipating the next ring crossing in just days time, on March 23, where Saturn's rings will disappear and won't be seen again until 2026. Between 2019 and 2023, Saturn and Jupiter were battling it out for first place in the moon competition. When 20 new moons were discovered orbiting Saturn six years ago, it surpassed Jupiter, upping its moon count to 82 – when Saturn had 79. In 2023, Jupiter reclaimed the lead with 12 new moons. However, later that year, astronomers spotted an impressive 68 new moons – before the same team discovered the new 128 moons. Saturn therefore reigns supreme as the 'king of moons' in our Solar System. “With the knowledge that these were probably moons, and that there were likely even more waiting to be discovered, we revisited the same sky fields for three consecutive months in 2023,” said Dr Edward Ashton , postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Academia Sinica and lead researcher of the new research. "Sure enough, we found 128 new moons." "Based on our projections, I don’t think Jupiter will ever catch up," Dr Ashton added. The researchers no longer believe there are more moons out there to find. "With current technology I don’t think we can do much better than what has already been done for moons around Saturn, Uranus and Neptune," Dr Ashton concluded. The paper describing the findings has not yet been accepted and peer reviewed, but is available on the preprint site arXiv.