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2 days ago · An updated image of the six largest moons and eight inner moons of Uranus as captured by the James Webb Space Telescope on 4 September 2023. Uranus, the seventh planet of the Solar System, has 28 confirmed moons. Most of them are named after characters that appear in, or are mentioned in, the works of William Shakespeare and Alexander Pope. [1]
2 days ago · In his later career, Herschel discovered two moons of Saturn, Mimas [72] and Enceladus; [73] as well as two moons of Uranus, Titania and Oberon. [85] He did not give these moons their names; they were named by his son John in 1847 and 1852, respectively, after his death.
Oct 9, 2024 · NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons spacecraft simultaneously set their sights on Uranus recently, allowing scientists to make a direct comparison of the planet from two very different viewpoints. The results inform future plans to study like types of planets around other stars.
3 days ago · Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gaseous cyan-coloured ice giant. Most of the planet is made of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, which astronomy calls "ice" or volatiles.
2 days ago · See if you can identify 25 iconic films from just one image. The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope captured an amazing view of the planet Uranus, its rings and moons. Webb's Near-Infrared ...
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6 days ago · Uranus - Rings, Moons, Axis: Uranus was discovered by the English astronomer William Herschel, who had undertaken a survey of all stars down to eighth magnitude—i.e., those about five times fainter than stars visible to the naked eye.
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4 days ago · BANGKOK, THAILAND - Media OutReach Newswire - 21 June 2024 - VelCurve Studio, the production company behind Thailand's first space-themed film "URANUS2324", has created a new wave of excitement on social media after releasing its full trailer on the evening of June 16, 2024, on all online platforms.
