For researchers at the University of Idaho, spotting a moon 6 miles wide orbiting Uranus, a staggering 1.8 billion miles from Earth, may actually be easier than finding a white cat in a snowstorm. A ...

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 ...

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 ...

The 29th moon found to be orbiting the solar system’s 7th planet is about six miles wide. By Katrina Miller The space around Uranus just got a bit more crowded. On Tuesday, astronomers using the James ...

Scientists have spotted a new moon orbiting Uranus that is so tiny it can be circumnavigated in just a few hours. NASA announced Tuesday that the still unnamed moon was captured by the Webb Telescope ...

A small and dim moon has been discovered in orbit around Uranus, bringing the planet’s total to 29. Many of the ice giant’s other moons are named after characters from works by William Shakespeare, ...