New Moon Discovered Orbiting Planet Uranus | James Webb Space Telescope FriendsofNASA.org: This timelapse animation shows the newly discovered moon of the planet Uranus, designated S/2025 U1, as well as 13 of the 28 other known moons orbiting the planet. The observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s Near-Infrared Camera (NIRCam) were taken over the course of about 6 hours on Feb. 2, 2025, under program ID 6379 (principal investigator: M. El Moutamid). The animation is comprised of data

URANUS • Planetary Alignment Provides Rare Opportunity to Study Planet 23.4.25 VIDEO: This rendering demonstrates what is happening during a stellar occultation and illustrates an example of the light curve data graph recorded by scientists that enables them to gather atmospheric measurements, like temperature and pressure, from Uranus as the amount of starlight changes when the planet eclipses the star. [NASA/Langley Research Center Advanced Concepts Laboratory] • When a planet’s orbit brings i