{"id":21339,"date":"2025-09-18T18:48:32","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:48:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/theres-a-new-moon-orbiting-around-uranus\/"},"modified":"2025-09-18T18:48:32","modified_gmt":"2025-09-18T10:48:32","slug":"theres-a-new-moon-orbiting-around-uranus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/theres-a-new-moon-orbiting-around-uranus\/","title":{"rendered":"There\u2019s a new moon orbiting around Uranus"},"content":{"rendered":"
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That\u2019s right, Uranus got itself a new moon\u2014well, a new-to-you moon. This new moon, called S\/2025 U1, is one of the smallest and closest moons to Uranus.<\/p>\n

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Even inside our own solar system, astronomers are still discovering new planetary objects, including moons! S\/2025 U1 is Uranus\u2019s 29th moon and orbits just 35,000 miles from the gas giant\u2019s surface. Because it\u2019s so small, close, and faint, it was only discovered through the use of NASA\u2019s James Webb Space Telescope.<\/p>\n

The team that discovered the new moon was based out of Colorado\u2019s Southwest Research Institute, a giant in space research and observations. The team made 10 separate 40-minute exposures of Uranus using Webb\u2019s near-infrared camera, the telescope\u2019s most powerful and popular instrument.<\/p>\n

Historically, Uranus\u2019s moons are named after characters from Shakespeare\u2019s plays. S\/2025 U1 will likely be renamed to reflect this theme in the near future by the International Astronomical Union.<\/p>\n

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