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Uranus, James Webb Space Telescope

Uranus has a new, hidden moon, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet's count of natural satellites to 29.The moon, for now dubbed S/2025 U1, is just 6 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter,

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NASA Telescope Spots a Previously Unknown Moon of Uranus

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus.NASA announced the discovery on Tuesday, adding that the moon was first spotted on Feb. 2. Scientists estimate that the newly discovered moon is about six miles in diameter.

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Scientists find tiny new moon around Uranus with the James Webb Space Telescope (photos, video)

A team led by scientists at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Colorado made 10 different 40-minute exposures of Uranus using JWST's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) in order to find the small moon. Its discovery brings the total number of known Uranian moons to 29.

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Uranus Was Hiding a Moon Outside Its Rings

Over millions of years, Uranus’s inner moons may have collided and spread out into rings. As the material in the rings diffused, they moved farther away from the planet. Eventually, that material can ...

Uranus may have a 29th moon

“No other planet has as many small inner moons as Uranus, and their complex inter-relationships with the rings hint at a ...

Uranus Caught Flashing A New Moon

Scientists think the new tiny moon hid for so long -- even eluding the Voyager 2 spacecraft during its flyby about 40 years ...

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