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Webb telescope spots Uranus’ 29th moon missed by Voyager 2 nearly 40 years ago
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29. The discovery, announced by a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), adds a small but important piece to the picture of Uranus’ dynamic system.
Webb Space Telescope spots tiny moon orbiting Uranus
NASA said a tiny moon has been found by the Webb Space Telescope orbiting the planet Uranus. The moon is only six miles wide and was found by Webb’s near-infrared camera, The Associated Press reported. That’s about the length of a 10K. Scientists believe that it was missed for so long because it is tiny and is faint, the AP reported.
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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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Don't miss the moon rendezvous with the Pleiades in the early morning sky Aug. 16–17
The moon will sweep close to the Pleiades open star cluster in the early morning hours of Aug. 16-17, with the ice giant ...
August New Moon carries an air of unpredictability. Forming a tense square with Uranus, the planet of sudden shifts, it opens ...
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