Scientists Find a New Moon Orbiting Uranus

Scientists Find a New Moon Orbiting Uranus

The provisionally named S/2025 U1 is so small it had gone unnoticed by probes and telescopes for the past 40 years.

New Moon Discovered Orbiting Uranus: James Webb Telescope Unveils Tiny Celestial Body

Astronomers have identified a previously undetected moon circling Uranus, utilizing data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope. The discovery was made public by NASA on August 19, 2025. This small celestial body adds to the known satellites of the ice giant planet. The moon, temporarily designated S/2025 U1, measures approximately six miles in diameter. Its diminutive size equates to roughly 90 football fields laid end to end. Due to this scale…

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A tiny new moon found orbiting UranusAstronomers have spotted a previously unknown Uranian moon, temporarily designated S/2025 U1. At roughly 10 kilometers across, the faint body hides among the planet’s tight inner retinue and orbits about 56,000 kilometers from Uranus’s center. The detection hinged on deep James Webb Space Telescope exposures that firmed up hints from earlier imagery, turning a smudge into a tracked object. The find adds to th…

Moroccan scientist discovers new moon orbiting Uranus – The North Africa Post

A team of scientists from the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), led by Morocco’s Maryame El Moutamid, has discovered a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus, expanding the planet’s known satellite count to 29. The discovery, made using data from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), marks a significant milestone in the study of the outer solar […]

Astronomers Discover Hidden Moon Orbiting Uranus

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceDaily: Southwest Research Institute led a James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) survey, discovering a previously unknown tiny moon orbiting Uranus. A team led by SwRI's Dr. Maryame El Moutamid discovered the small object in a series of images taken on Feb. ...