The new moon around Uranus is provisionally named S/2023 U1 ... It is about 14 kilometres across and takes about 27 Earth years to orbit the planet, making it the most distant moon from its ...

More information: D. J. Hemingway et al, Looking for Subsurface Oceans Within the Moons of Uranus Using Librations and Gravity, Geophysical Research Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2024GL110409 ...

Artwork: Uranus and its five largest moons had been thought to be inactive and sterile. The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long ...

An enhanced image from the high-powered telescope orbiting in space shows the planet Uranus in stunning new ... and many of its 27 moons. On Monday, NASA released the image, which expands on ...

It gave us our only close-up images of Uranus and discovered 10 new moons. Uranus has 27 moons, five of which may host underground oceans. There is a proposal with NASA to send a Uranus orbiter on ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from ...

Rotating on its side, Uranus is made up mostly of icy materials and has a gaseous atmosphere, rings, and 27 known moons. Arguably, the planet’s most striking feature is its delicate blue color ...