JWST Just Found a New Moon Hiding Around Uranus
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Space.com on MSNScientists 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.
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope has found a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus.
The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. NASA announced the discovery on Tuesday. The moon appears to be just six miles wide.
August New Moon carries an air of unpredictability. Forming a tense square with Uranus, the planet of sudden shifts, it opens the door to unexpected changes, signaling the possibility of both breakthroughs and disruptions.