Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have found that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, has some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system, hinting at a buried water ocean. When ...

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Now, the James Webb Space Telescope's (JWST) Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) has detected glints of sunlight in a series of 10 40-minute long-exposure images of Uranus, which revealed the elusive moon's ...

Some of the most carbon dioxide-rich deposits in the solar system reveal Ariel could be another solar system moon with buried liquid water. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted a never-before-seen moon orbiting Uranus, bringing the planet's count of natural satellites to 29. The moon, for now dubbed S/2025 U1, is just 6 miles (10 ...

Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers discovered that Ariel, a moon of Uranus, could be hiding in a buried liquid water ocean. Previous theories have suggested this happens as a ...

If you've been wondering how long the day on Uranus is, you probably need to get out more. But if you have, you'll be interested to know that observations by the Hubble Space Telescope have shown that ...

Uranus's structure and atmosphere altered: Study Researchers made discoveries using NASA's Hubble Telescope Uranus's atmosphere made of hydrogen and helium A new study revealed Uranus’s structure as a ...

Wake up, the change-maker is calling! On Sept. 6, Uranus — Great Awakener and the planet of rebellion, innovation, chaos and shocking breakthroughs — will station retrograde in Gemini, a curious Air ...

Showing that you shouldn't draw conclusions based on too few facts, new NASA research suggests that a decades-old view of Uranus as an unusually cold planet isn't true, but that it does actually ...