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The newfound satellite, only about six miles wide, becomes Uranus’ 29th known moon and orbits near the planet’s inner rings.
On 23 August 1966 the Lunar Orbiter 1 probe captured the first image of our planet from lunar orbit, a historic photograph ...
Like Uranus's other 28 moons, the newfound object spotted by JWST will be named after a William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope character.
Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously ...
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found an unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29 — and more likely remain undiscovered.
A RARE “black moon” linked to the biblical prophecy of the “end times” is expected to show up in the night sky over the ...
A newly published paper, led by IPAC scientist Joe Masiero, provides evidence that two kinds of asteroids likely formed in ...
For now, the tiny new moon has a clunky name, but if it passes peer review, they might call it something better.