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A team led by the Southwest Research Institute utilized NASA's James Webb Space Telescope to discover a new moon orbiting Uranus, designated S/2025 U1. The discovery was made by capturing ten 40-minute exposures over a six-hour period on February 2, 2025. Each image is a composite of different data treatments to reveal the planet's atmosphere, rings, and moons. This faint moon was not detectable by NASA's Voyager 2 during its 1986 flyby of Uranus, highlighting advancements in imaging technology.
TAKEAWAYS
James Webb Space Telescope discovered a new moon orbiting Uranus.
The moon, S/2025 U1, was detected through 10 long-exposure images.
Each exposure lasted 40 minutes, captured over a six-hour period.
The moon was too faint to be detected by the Voyager 2 probe.