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James Webb Space Telescope Finds New Moon Orbiting Uranus

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Uranus has a new, hidden moon, James Webb Space Telescope reveals

Uranus' 29th moon was hidden inside the planet's dark inner rings, new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope reveal.

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

A team led by scientists at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) in Colorado made 10 different 40-minute exposures of Uranus using JWST's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) in order to find the small moon. Its discovery brings the total number of known Uranian moons to 29.

James Webb space telescope finds a new tiny moon around Uranus

Even though S/2025 U1 is pretty tiny, measuring only 10km wide, the team behind the moon spotting say that it's big news.

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James Webb Space Telescope's 'Warped' El Gordo Galaxy Cluster View Explained

James Webb Space Telescope has delivered stunning views of the "gravitationally distorted realms" of the El Gordo galaxy ...

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Uranus Was Hiding a Moon Outside Its Rings

The space around Uranus just got a bit more crowded. On Tuesday, astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope announced ...

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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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