{"id":97928,"date":"2025-08-20T23:16:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/97928\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T23:16:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T23:16:07","slug":"nasas-webb-telescope-finds-a-new-moon-orbiting-uranus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/97928\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA\u2019s Webb telescope finds a new moon orbiting Uranus"},"content":{"rendered":"

NEW YORK \u2014 The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon<\/a> orbiting Uranus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles wide. It was spotted by the telescope\u2019s near-infrared camera during observations in February.<\/p>\n

Scientists think it hid for so long \u2014 even eluding the Voyager 2 spacecraft<\/a> during its flyby about 40 years ago \u2014 because of its faintness and small size.<\/p>\n

Uranus has 28 known moons that are named after characters from Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. About half are smaller and orbit the planet at closer range. The new moon, still nameless, ups the planet\u2019s total count to 29.<\/p>\n

More bite-sized moons could be waiting to be found around Uranus, said planetary scientist Matthew Tiscareno with the SETI Institute, who was involved in the discovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s probably a lot more of them and we just need to keep looking,\u201d said Tiscareno.<\/p>\n

\u2014 ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN, AP Science Writer<\/p>\n

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