Uranus has a new moon. Voyager missed it, but the James Webb Space Telescope discovered it earlier this year.
Named S/2025 U1 for the time being, it is the 29th known moon of Uranus. It is also quite small, being only six miles in diameter. Even the Martian Deimos is 7.5 miles in diameter.
Given the names of the other local moons, such as Puck, Cupid, Ophelia, and Juliet, one can guess that a few astronomers are brushing up on their Shakespeare at the moment. However, the International Astronomical Union will have the final say.
It’s just nice to have something simple to acknowledge in the space realm given all the politics mucking things up here on Earth. We all need to look up from the news once in a while to appreciate the bigger picture.
Our Awesome Universe 