OTD In Space - January 11: William Herschel Discovers 2 Moons of Uranus

On January 11, 1787, the English astronomer Sir William Herschel discovered two moons at Uranus! Oberon and Titania were the ...
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Uranus May Have More Moons Than We Previously Thought

A discovery by NASA reveals that Uranus has an additional small moon that was previously hidden to scientists. Discovered by a team led by the Southwest Research Institute using NASA's James Webb ...
NBC New York

A new moon discovered orbiting Uranus is so small, you could walk it in two hours

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. The Webb telescope’s observations of Uranus are giving scientists better insight into ...
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JWST Spots Tiny New Moon Just Outside Uranus's Rings, Bringing Total to 29

JWST has spotted the 29th moon of Uranus, finding an object that’s probably the size of a small city 2.7 billion kilometers away. Within six years of discovering Uranus, William Herschel had found two ...
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A Closer Look At Uranus’s Moons Reveals a Surprising Dark Side

The moons that orbit Uranus are already known to have unusual characteristics: some are heavily cratered, others have tectonic features or a patchwork of ridges and cliffs. Using the Hubble space ...
The New York Times

Uranus Was Hiding a Moon Outside Its Rings

The 29th moon found to be orbiting the solar system’s 7th planet is about six miles wide. By Katrina Miller The space around Uranus just got a bit more crowded. On Tuesday, astronomers using the James ...