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Scientists Find a New Moon Orbiting Uranus

The provisionally named S/2025 U1 is so small it had gone unnoticed by probes and telescopes for the past 40 years.

Astronomers discover hidden moon orbiting Uranus

The glow of Uranus’ rings and the moon’s tiny size, measuring about 6 miles (10 kilometers) in diameter, are likely what obscured it from the view of Voyager 2, the only mission that has performed flybys of Uranus and Neptune, as well as telescopes ...

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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 before, not even in data from the Voyager 2 probe that flew past Uranus at a close distance in 1986.

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

Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh planet ...

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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 ...

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Voyager missed it, but now we know Uranus has a fiery secret

For decades, scientists puzzled over why Uranus seemed colder than expected. Now, an international research team led by the ...

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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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