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Daphnis is a small moon at 5 miles (8 kilometers) across, but its gravity is powerful enough to disrupt the tiny particles of the A ring that form the Keeler gap's edge. As the moon moves through the Keeler gap, wave-like features are created in both the horizontal and vertical plane.
Astronomers discover 128 new moons orbiting Saturn
Until recently, the “moon king” title was held by Jupiter, but Saturn now has a total of 274 moons, almost twice as many as all the other planets combined. The team behind the discoveries had previously identified 62 Saturnian moons using the Canada France Hawaii telescope and, having seen faint hints that there were more out there, made further observations in 2023.
Divers caught in sperm whale's giant underwater poo cloud
When Keri Wilk dived into clear waters off the island of Dominica, swimming through a massive whale poo was not in the plan. But it's what happened.
"At first, it seemed like a regular bowel movement," Keri explained.
"But rather than continuing its dive down, it remained at the surface and continued to defecate for a startling length of time.
The "poonado" then spread through the water - ending up in Keri's mouth - as the whale flapped its tail.