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Scientists Find a New Moon Orbiting Uranus
The provisionally named S/2025 U1 is so small it had gone unnoticed by probes and telescopes for the past 40 years.
With JWST’s infrared camera, the researchers took ten 40-minute exposures of Uranus and detected a tiny, fuzzy dot accompanying the icy giant’s other moons. Traditionally, Uranus’ moons have been named after characters from works by William Shakespeare or Alexander Pope—such as Francisco, Stefano, Miranda, Trinculo, Ariel, and so on. “Looking forward, the discovery of this moon underscores how modern astronomy continues to build upon the legacy of missions like Voyager 2, which flew past Uranus on January 24, 1986, and gave humanity its first close-up look at this mysterious world,” said Maryame El Moutamid, leader of the team that conducted the study, in a NASA statement.
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