On Feb. 16, 1948, Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper was using the telescope at the McDonald Observatory in Texas to ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured amazing new imagery of Uranus along with its rings and moons. The footage shows the moons Titania, Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel and Puck. Credit; Space.com | ...

Water is the elixir of life, and the ultimate goal of space exploration has been to find liquid water beyond Earth. If discovered, these cosmic worlds would be the most compelling places to look for ...

On Oct. 10, 1846, William Lassell peered through his 20-foot reflector in Liverpool, England. Lassell was a self-funded amateur astronomer who had made a fortune as a brewer, and he’d built his own ...

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 ...

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have uncovered a tiny new moon orbiting Uranus, increasing the planet’s moon tally to 29. The object, only about six miles wide, escaped Voyager 2’s ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL)- NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has made an exciting discovery around the planet Uranus. During an observation on February 2nd, the telescope was able to identify a new moon (S ...

A team at the NASA has discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus, and this one is even smaller than the others. A team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) discovered the moon on Feb. 2. They ...

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The James Webb Space Telescope detected a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus. Credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. DePasquale (STScI) The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a previously unknown moon ...

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. A team of astronomers announced Tuesday that a new satellite measuring roughly 90 ...