Earth ’s moon phases cycle from month to month, waning and waxing in its constant transformation from new moon to full moon and back again. This lunar cycle happens in part because the moon does not ...

The James Webb Space Telescope can clearly see Uranus and all of its moons, including its new one. No joke: Science has found a new teeny, tiny moon orbiting Uranus. NASA announced on Tuesday that the ...

Everyone who has ever lived on Earth has been well-aware of the moon, but it turns out Earth also has some frequent temporary ...

The dwarf planet Pluto and its five known natural satellites (Charon, Styx, Nix, Kerberos, and Hydra) may be frigid, but ...

A new Uranian moon, provisionally designated S/2025 U1, has been discovered using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). S/2025 U1 is estimated to be 10 kilometers in diameter and orbits Uranus ...

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 ...

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Researchers, including Dr. Mark Showalter and Dr. Matthew Tiscareno of the SETI Institute, along with colleagues at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), discovered a previously unknown moon ...

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 ...

If you look up on a clear night, the brightest and largest object in the sky will probably be the moon. And unless you have a decent telescope, it is the only natural satellite you can see with your ...

No joke: Science has found a new teeny, tiny moon orbiting Uranus. NASA announced on Tuesday that the James Webb Space Telescope found yet another moon floating around Uranus, an ice giant that ...