Astronomers have discovered hidden moons orbiting Neptune and Uranus, increasing the number of moons orbiting each planet.
Astronomers have detected new moons around two of our solar system's most unique and intriguing planets. The hidden moons were discovered orbiting Uranus and Neptune, and the discovery brings the moon counts for these planets to 28 and 16, respectively. The discovery of these hidden moons is both exciting and unsurprising. In fact, it's believed that many of the planets within our solar system have more moons than we know of.
Altogether, there are only three newly discovered moons, and astronomers say they are the faintest that we've ever found around the two ice giants using ground-based telescopes. In fact, it even took special image processing to reveal the faint objects and identify them as moons. As I said before, the discovery of new moons that we didn't know about isn't all that surprising.
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Astronomers discover new moons orbiting Uranus and NeptuneLaura is a science news writer, covering a wide variety of subjects, but she is particularly fascinated by all things aquatic, paleontology, nanotechnology, and exploring how science influences daily life. Laura is a proud former resident of the New Jersey shore, a competitive swimmer, and a fierce defender of the Oxford comma.
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