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, ...
Astronomers using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh planet from the sun. The moon, known as S/2025 U1, is just 6 miles (10 kilometers) ...
The provisionally named S/2025 U1 is so small it had gone unnoticed by probes and telescopes for the past 40 years.
Now, the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has detected glints of sunlight in a series of 10 40-minute long-exposure images of Uranus, which revealed the elusive moon's ...
This quiz will challenge your knowledge of Uranus's strange rotation, chilly atmosphere, and curious collection of moons.
Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. A team of astronomers announced Tuesday that a new satellite measuring roughly 90 ...
The Ohio State University is developing a new nuclear thermal propulsion system called the centrifugal nuclear thermal rocket ...