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A new moon discovered orbiting Uranus is so small, you could walk it in two hours
A team of astronomers announced Tuesday that a new satellite measuring roughly 90 football fields across was discovered around the seventh planet from the sun. The moon, which was first seen by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on Feb. 2, joins a busy neighborhood of 28 other known moons around Uranus.
Uranus Was Hiding a Moon Outside Its Rings
Over millions of years, Uranus’s inner moons may have collided and spread out into rings. As the material in the rings diffused, they moved farther away from the planet. Eventually, that material can start to accumulate, recycling itself back into a moon.
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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 (JWST) have discovered a newfound moon orbiting icy Uranus, the seventh ...
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James Webb Spots Mysterious Object Orbiting Uranus
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a tiny moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the number of the planet's known ...
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