Small moon of Uranus may have once had a subsurface liquid water ocean
Surface features of Uranus’ icy moon Miranda point to the existence of a once deep ocean, one that still may exist today. …
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Hubble Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe team up to image Uranus
Read more: Hubble Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe team up to image UranusNASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and New Horizons Pluto probe have teamed up to image the ice giant Uranus, which will help inform future direct imaging of exoplanets. …
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Astrophysics Division, goddard space flight center, Hubble Space Telescope, New Horizons, planetary science, Planetary Science Division, planets, Tech Industry, Tech News, The Solar System, uranusNASA’s Hubble, New Horizons Team Up for a Simultaneous Look at Uranus
Read more: NASA’s Hubble, New Horizons Team Up for a Simultaneous Look at UranusNASA’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. Astronomers used Uranus as a proxy for similar planets beyond our…
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‘Traffic jams’ around Uranus could solve the mystery of its weak radiation belts
Read more: ‘Traffic jams’ around Uranus could solve the mystery of its weak radiation beltsIn 1986, the Voyager 2 spacecraft discovered Uranus has a strangely weak radiation belt. Now, researchers think this could be linked to “traffic jams” caused by the world’s warped magnetic field. …
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Ed Stone, Former Director of JPL and Voyager Project Scientist, Dies
Read more: Ed Stone, Former Director of JPL and Voyager Project Scientist, DiesKnown for his steady leadership, consensus building, and enthusiasm for engaging the public in science, Stone left a deep impact on the space community. Edward C. Stone, former director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California, and longtime project scientist of the agency’s Voyager mission, died on June 9, 2024. He was 88. He…
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Three tiny new moons spotted orbiting Uranus and Neptune
Read more: Three tiny new moons spotted orbiting Uranus and NeptuneAstronomers have discovered three new tiny moons orbiting the far-off planets Neptune and Uranus of the outer solar system.
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New Moons Discovered Around Uranus and Neptune
Read more: New Moons Discovered Around Uranus and NeptuneAstronomers found a new moon orbiting Uranus, as well as two around Neptune. The tiny satellites appeared as faint specks in the outer reaches of the solar system following hours of ground-based observations.Read more…
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3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tiny
Read more: 3 tiny new moons found around Uranus and Neptune — and one is exceptionally tinyTwo will be named after sea gods and nymphs and the other will be named for a Shakespearean character.
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Neptune isn’t really dark blue, new study demonstrates
Read more: Neptune isn’t really dark blue, new study demonstratesMost people think of Uranus and Neptune as pale greenish blue and royal blue. But a new study shows the two planets are actually a very similar color.
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Ringing in the Holidays
Read more: Ringing in the HolidaysThe ice giant Uranus and its rings steal the show in this Dec. 18, 2023, image from the James Webb Space Telescope. The telescope captured new images of Uranus, revealing detailed features of the planet’s rings and seasonal north polar cap, as well as bright storms near and below the southern border of the cap.…
