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James Webb Telescope finds hidden moon orbiting Uranus

NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has uncovered a small moon quietly circling Uranus, a world already known for its unusual tilt, faint rings, and puzzling family of satellites. The discovery, announced by researchers at the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI),

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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.

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NASA’s Webb Telescope spots a new moon orbiting Uranus

The discovery expands Uranus’s known family of satellites to 29, with the tiny moon measuring just 6 miles across.

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Uranus Has a Tiny New Moon and It’s Only Six Miles Wide

The newfound satellite, only about six miles wide, becomes Uranus’ 29th known moon and orbits near the planet’s inner rings.

NASA’s Webb telescope spotted a new moon orbiting Uranus

Like Uranus's other 28 moons, the newfound object spotted by JWST will be named after a William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope character.

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