James Webb Telescope Unveils New Moon Orbiting Uranus
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a groundbreaking discovery — a previously unknown moon orbiting Uranus. This celestial find, made on February 2, 2023, boosts Uranus’ total moon count to 29. The moon, which is just about six miles wide, orbits approximately 35,000 miles from Uranus' center on its equatorial plane. Its nearly circular orbit suggests that it might have formed close to its current position.\n\nThis tiny moon's discovery was made possible by 10 long-exposure images from Webb's Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam), analyzed by a team from the Southwest Research Institute. Matthew Tiscareno of the SETI Institute highlights that no other planet hosts as many small inner moons as Uranus, and this complexity points to a chaotic history linking moons and rings around the planet.\n\nThe newly discovered moon, which…