News
So tiny telescopes missed it: Astronomers discover a 6-mile-wide mini-moon orbiting Uranus
At just about 10 km (6 miles) in diameter, S/2025 U1 is incredibly small as far as moons go; it’s so tiny that Voyager 2, which flew past Uranus over 38 years earlier, didn’t have the technological capacity to spot it.
Webb telescope spots Uranus’ 29th moon missed by Voyager 2 nearly 40 years ago
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29. The discovery, announced by a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), adds a small but important piece to the picture of Uranus’ dynamic system.
ScienceAlert on MSN6h
JWST Just Found a New Moon Hiding Around Uranus (And It's Tiny)
In the space close to the icy planet, outside its ephemeral rings, JWST snapped a tiny object that no one had ever seen ...
For decades, scientists puzzled over why Uranus seemed colder than expected. Now, an international research team led by the ...
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results
Feedback