Uranus, James Webb Space Telescope and Moon
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Researchers discovered a new 'tiny' moon using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space.
Over millions of years, Uranus’s inner moons may have collided and spread out into rings. As the material in the rings diffused, they moved farther away from the planet. Eventually, that material can start to accumulate, recycling itself back into a moon.
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Space.com on MSNDon't miss the moon rendezvous with the Pleiades in the early morning sky Aug. 16–17
The moon will sweep close to the Pleiades open star cluster in the early morning hours of Aug. 16-17, with the ice giant Uranus lurking unseen nearby.
August New Moon carries an air of unpredictability. Forming a tense square with Uranus, the planet of sudden shifts, it opens the door to unexpected changes, signaling the possibility of both breakthroughs and disruptions.