New moon discovered orbiting Uranus
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Live Science on MSNUranus 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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Space.com on MSNScientists find tiny new moon around Uranus with the James Webb Space Telescope (photos, video)
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun.
Scientists have discovered a new, elusive moon around Uranus, making it the 29th natural satellite known to orbit the ice giant. The research team that made the discovery estimates that the moon, dubbed S/2025 U1 for now (at least,
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles (10 kilometers) wide. It was spotted by the telescope's near-infrared camera during observations in February.
NASA said a tiny moon has been found by the Webb Space Telescope orbiting the planet Uranus. The moon is only six miles wide and was found by Webb’s near-infrared camera, The Associated Press reported. That’s about the length of a 10K. Scientists believe that it was missed for so long because it is tiny and is faint, the AP reported.
Even though S/2025 U1 is pretty tiny, measuring only 10km wide, the team behind the moon spotting say that it's big news.