More information: D. J. Hemingway et al, Looking for Subsurface Oceans Within the Moons of Uranus Using Librations and Gravity, Geophysical Research Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1029/2024GL110409 ...

Astronomers have uncovered three new moons, including Uranus’ first in over two decades ... 14 kilometers and an orbit spanning almost 27 years, this elusive moon demanded special observing ...

Artwork: Uranus and its five largest moons had been thought to be inactive and sterile. The planet Uranus and its five biggest moons may not be the dead sterile worlds that scientists have long ...

It gave us our only close-up images of Uranus and discovered 10 new moons. Uranus has 27 moons, five of which may host underground oceans. There is a proposal with NASA to send a Uranus orbiter on ...

Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans on the ice covered moons of Uranus. The model works by analyzing orbital wobbles that would be visible from ...

Rotating on its side, Uranus is made up mostly of icy materials and has a gaseous atmosphere, rings, and 27 known moons. Arguably, the planet’s most striking feature is its delicate blue color ...

On Jan. 13, 1986, astronomer Stephen Synnott, using data collected by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, discovered three additional moons in orbit around Uranus. Those moons are Desdemona, Rosalind and ...