New images captured by the Cassini spacecraft have sparked a belief in astronomers that Saturn is forming a new moon. Since its launch to the ringed planet in 1997, the spacecraft has sent back essential data to scientists on earth to get significant insight into the planet and its moons.

The image in question was taken on April 15, 2013, with the narrow-angle camera in the Cassini spacecraft. Disturbance can be clearly seen in Saturn's A ring, the outermost area of ring in the system. The spot in the ring is about 750 miles long and six miles wide. The area in the picture has the brightness 20% more than the rings surrounding it.

"We have not seen anything like this before. We may be looking at the act of birth, where this object is just leaving the rings and heading off to be a moon in its own right", said Carl Murray of Queen Mary University in London and lead author of the accompanying journal article.

Saturn's new moon has already been given a name, Peggy, by astronomers. Well, the new moon is actually just half a mile in diameter so far and it is not expected to grow any further. Also, it is likely to fall part soon.

There were two images taken at the interval of 33 second and the feature is visible in both the images, which makes it crystal clear that it's not a cosmic ray.

Cassini is scheduled to make an approach to the area in Saturn's A ring in 2016. This will provide a possible opportunity to capture the moon being born for the first time ever.

Saturn is a planet with at least 53 moons and nine other candidate satellites. The study of the new moon will help scientists understand how moons and planets come into existence around their parent bodies.