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NASA discovers a new moon orbiting Uranus

Webb discovers a new moon orbiting Uranus

Using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, a team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has identified a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the planet's known satellite family to 29.

AS USA · 7h

So tiny telescopes missed it: Astronomers discover a 6-mile-wide mini-moon orbiting Uranus

At just about 10 km (6 miles) in diameter, S/2025 U1 is incredibly small as far as moons go; it’s so tiny that Voyager 2, which flew past Uranus over 38 years earlier, didn’t have the technological capacity to spot it.

Ukrainian News · 3h

NASA discovers new Uranus moon using James Webb Telescope

Astronomers from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) have discovered a previously unknown moon of Uranus using NASA's James Webb Space Telescope. The new

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Astronomers detect most distant fast radio burst ever

Fast radio bursts (FRBs) last around a millisecond, and in doing so, encode otherwise unattainable information on the plasma ...

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'Holy cow!' How the James Webb Space Telescope took a selfie in space

NIRCam is capable of taking images of the 18 primary mirror segments, and it generated the selfie for engineering and alignment purposes, NASA said on its blog Friday (Feb. 11).

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NASA releases never before scene images of famed exploding star

NIRCam’s resolution is able to detect tiny knots of gas, comprised of sulfur, oxygen, argon and neon from the star itself.

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Webb Telescope’s ‘Absolutely Astonishing’ New Photo ... - Forbes

Jupiter has rings! Jupiter and some of its moons—and its rings—are seen through NIRCam’s 3.23 micron filter. NASA, ESA, CSA, and B. Holler and J. Stansberry (STScI) ...

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