The hidden moons were discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune, and the discovery brings the moon counts for these planets to 28 and 16, respectively. The discovery of these hidden moons is both ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. Two of Uranus’ moons may be home to active oceans hidden beneath their surfaces.

Miranda, the deformed and most undersized of Uranus' large moons, features a patchwork of ridges, valleys, and great cliffs. Scientists consider its mixed-up surface to be the product of intense ...

The moons .f Uranus, in contrast to their primary ... will be obtained in 19124, that is after an interval of 42 years. Fig. 2 shows the orbits seen in the direction of the arrow B at the date ...

Ariel, Uranus’s fourth largest moon, is thought to be made of equal parts rock and ice. A new computer model developed at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics could be used to detect ...

Passive radar sounding using Uranus' natural radio emissions, known as Uranian Kilometric Radio (UKR), could help study its five largest moons—Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon—for ...

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The planet Uranus, photographed by NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft in 1986. The planet and its moons are expected to be the target of NASA’s next major mission to the outer solar system.

Back in 2024, astronomers announced one new moon for Uranus (S/2023 U1) and two new moons for Neptune (S/2002 N5 and S/2021 N1). The new moons, found using the Subaru Telescope at Mauna Kea, Hawaii, ...

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 ...