The reason people might think Earth has a second moon is due to a celestial body named 2025 PN7 that was spotted in August by ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The outer reaches of our solar system just got a little more crowded, with astronomers spotting a previously unseen moon circling Uranus. Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, a ...

Quasi-moons are not real moons and don't actually orbit the Earth, although they sometimes appear to do so for short periods of time, Phil Nicholson, professor of astronomy at Cornell University, told ...

A team at the NASA has discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus, and this one is even smaller than the others. A team led by the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) discovered the moon on Feb. 2. They ...

Roll out the cosmic welcome mat for our solar system’s newest resident: a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus. The Webb telescope’s observations of Uranus are giving scientists better insight into ...

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

NEW YORK (AP) — The Webb Space Telescope has spotted a new tiny moon orbiting Uranus. The new member of the lunar gang, announced Tuesday by NASA, appears to be just six miles wide. It was spotted by ...

A new SwRI-led JWST survey discovered S/2025 U 1 (approximate location indicated in yellow), a tiny moon orbiting Uranus between the satellites Bianca and Ophelia. If it has an albedo comparable to ...

Scientists found new evidence to strengthen the case that Enceladus, small moon of Saturn about 310 miles wide, may have ...